#urdu poetry

[deep-feelings-blog]

In English, we say: " Overthinking "

But in poetry, we say: " The storms in my head ruined the garden that my soul holds"

[sehsfav]

— Imam Ghazali.

[blogbyher]

"And because you are a dream, I sleep a lot."

-Mahmoud Darwish

[maihonhassan]

Parveen Shakir is the finest poetess in the history of urdu literature:

“ye dukh nahi ke andheron se sulah ki humne, malal yeh hai ke ab subha ki talab bhi nahi.”

[zeenatsayss]

In English we say "I can't make eye contact". But in Urdu, we say:

"Unki nazron ka rukh aaj meri taraf hai,

Aaj meri palkon ne uthne se inkaar kar diya hai".

[stfu-gurl]

There isn't any scent in this world as comforting as the scent of a mother's duppata.

[dastur-e-ishq]

“Dunya kisi kay pyaar mein jannat say kam nahi.”

for lovers, this world is nothing short of heaven

[ihateyouvishal]

"ye jo mujhe paane ki talab hai tumhari, mujhe paakar tum badal jaoge."

//Wajid Shaikh Sahab

[swelling-eyes]

“Even now, there are flowers in the flowerbed, but none like my wound or like your lips.”

Ahmad faraz

[sanelyinsanemiss]

"Main nahi chahta woh mere bulaane se aaye,

Main chahta hoon woh reh naa paye aur bahane se aaye."

[peaceishim]

I found this on twitter.

(Not mine)

[nabihahahahahaha]

Jo utra dil se, phir utar he gaya, Phir chahy woh falak ka chaand baney, Mujhe qubool nahi.

[blogbyher]

The absolute audacity of a human heart to carry unburdened pain and still choose to say

Qismat mei nhi hoga yeh.

[maihonhassan]

"mai nahi chahta wo mere bulane se aaye,mai chahta hoon woh reh na paaye aur bahane se aaye"

"I don't want them to come just because I call them; I want them to feel they can't stay away and come with their own reasons."

[lunamonchtuna]

— Mirza Ghalib (via lunamonchtuna)

[tr: O! my naive heart, what has happened to you? What is the cure for this pain, after all?]