#urdu poetry

[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.”

[nabihahahahhahaha]

اودے پیراں دی مائی دھول بن جاوا

Oode pairaan di mai dhool banjawa

جے کڈے میرا یار مل جائے

Je kade mera yaar mil jaye-

[refat-ahmed]

—Allama Iqbal

Zindagi Ho Meri Parwane Ki Surat Ya RAB

Ilm Ki Shamma Se Ho Mujh ko Mohabbat Ya RAB!

May My Life Like That Of  The Moth Be O LORD

May I Love The Lamp Of  Knowledge O LORD!

[anothersadaf]

aur bhi dukh hain zamane mein mohabbat ke siva/ rahatein aur bhi hain vasl ki rahat ke siva

mujh se pahli si mohabbat miri mahboob na maang

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

there are many sorrows in the universe other than love/ and many comforts other than the comfort of union

don't ask me to love you, my beloved, as I loved you before.

dil nā-umīd to nahīñ nākām hī to hai

lambī hai ġham kī shaam magar shaam hī to hai

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

the heart is not hopeless, it has only been defeated

the evening of sorrow is long, but it is only an evening

[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"

[swelling-eyes]

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

Ahmad faraz

[blogbyher]

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

-Mahmoud Darwish

[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)

[maihonhassan]

Remembering Faiz on his 40th Death Anniversary!

The pain Faiz suffered through is heart wrenching to us; “kahin to karwan-e-dard ki manzil thahar jaye, kinare aa lage umr-e-rawan ya dil thahar jaye.”

[qalbofnight]

Hairat hai ki hum log bhi thukraye huwe hain,

Hum jaisey to seeney se laganey ke liye they,

[izhaar-e-ishq]

In English we say:

“Out of all people you misunderstood me”

But in Urdu we say:

“Usay meri baatein ab samajh nahi aati,

Kabhi jo meri khamoshi ki tafseer likha karta tha.”

[his-heart-hymns]

I wish we were pressed flowers on the same page.

-Unknown

Ab ke ham bichhde to shayad kabhi khvabo me mile

jis tarah sukhe hue phuul kitabo me mile.

-Ahmed Faraz

[inkandpaperstuff]

Jawani ki umer aksar pasandida cheezon ki qurbani mangti hai.

[thatanonymousgirl]

[syyedmohdsaad]

In English we say :

possessiveness

But in urdu we say :

“Nahin pasand mohabbat mein milaawat mujh ko,

Agar wo mera hai toh khwaab bhi mere dekhe”.