#urdu shairi

[dastur-e-ishq]

“Ishq naazuq mizaaj hai bay hadd // aqal ka boj utha nahi sakta”

love is so incredibly fragile, it cannot bear the weight of intellect.

- Akbar Allahabadi

[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.”

[komal01]

Rote huwe insaan ke paas ek kahani hoti hai;

Aur

Muskurate huwe insaan ke paas uss kahani ko chupane ka ek andaaz

[blogbyher]

When Ghalib said Ek judai ka wo lamha ke Jo marta hi nhi, log kehte the sabhi waqt guzar jaate hain.

When Kafka said The separation into two people is unbearable.

And When Faiz said Phir dekhe hain wo hijr ke tapte hue din bhi jab dil o jaan mei fagaa'n bhool gyi hai

A memory of someone who's gone echoes.

[her-om]

Chand-sitare, phool-parinde, sham-sawera ek taraf, Saari duniya, uska charba, uska chehra ek taraf

Wo lad kar bhi so jaye to uska matha chumu me, usse mohabbat ek taraf hai, usse jhaghda ek taraf

Jis shay par vo ungli rakhde, usko wo dilwani hai, uski khushiya sabse awwal sasta mehnga ek taraf

Saari duniya jo bhi bole sab shor-sharaba hai, sabka kehna ek taraf hai uska kehna ek taraf

zakhmon par marham lagvau lekin uske hathon se chara-sazi ek taraf hai us ka chhuna ek taraf

usne saari duniya mangi maine usko manga hai uske sapne ek taraf hai mera sapna ek taraf

-Varun Anand

[thedelusionalselenophile]

وعدوں کی طرح، عشق بھی آدھا ہی رہا

ملاقاتیں کم رہی، انتظار زیادہ رہا ~

Waadon ki tarah, ishq bhi aadha rha

Mulaqatain kam rhi, intezar zyada rha ~

*Credits go to rightful owners

[thetuneofpoetry]

Log sabhi ache hoty hain,

bus khuda wo bura waqt na laye

~Anonymous

[falcon943]

Vo aksar dhunda karti thi apna jahan kitabo me

Use pasand thi duniya jo likhi hui thi kitabo me

From gazal "kitaabo me"

[shahsalim]

Woh kehte hain ke apna din bayaan karein,

Ae dost, deewar ko kya khabar ke saaye kidhar dhale.

Waqt bas daur raha hai khala ke darmiyan,

Rait-e-abad uski muthi se girti rahe.

Guzar jata hai har lamha un zarron ki tarhan,

Mujhe kya khabar kis simt yeh umr-e-hayaat bahe.

[chthonic-empyrean]

عندما تحب شخصاً ما ، يصبح اسمه بحد ذاته عاطفة

When you love someone, their name itself becomes an emotion.

[dastur-e-ishq]

اصل وفا تو محبوب کی غیر موجودگی میں ہی ظاہر ہوتی ہے۔

true loyalty is only revealed in beloved’s absence.

[maihonhassan]

Mohsin Naqvi was surely homesick when he said;

"Tum kahan jaogey socho Mohsin, log thak haar ke ghar jaate hain."

[komal01]

Main tumse ab kuch maangta nahi aye Khuda;

Teri dekar cheen lene ki aadat mujhe manzoor nahi

[thee-wild-child]

ایک امید سے دل بہلتا رہا،

اک تمنا ستاتی رہی رات بھر

Aik umeed say dil behalta raha,

Aik tamanna stati rahi raat bhar

- Faiz Ahmed Faiz

[her-om]

Apne ehsaas se chhu kar mujhe sandal kar do, Main ki sadiyon se adhura hu mukammal kar do

Na tumhein hosh rahe aur na mujhe hosh rahe Is qadar tut ke chaho mujhe pagal kar do

Tum hatheli ko mere pyaar ki mehndi se rango Apni ankhon me mere naam ka kajal kar do

Iske saaye me mere khwab dahak utthenge Mere chehre pe chamakta hua aanchal kar do

Dhup hi dhup hu main tut ke barso mujh par Is qadar barso meri rooh me jal-thal kar do

Jaise sahraon me har shaam hawa chalti hai Is tarah mujhme chalo aur mujhe jal-thal kar do

Tum chhupa lo mera dil ot me apne dil ki Aur mujhe meri nigahon se bhi ojhal kar do

Masala hu to nigahein na churao mujhse Apni chahat se tavajjoh se mujhe hal kar do

Apne gham se kaho har waqt mere saath rahe Ek ehsaan karo is ko musalsal kar do

Mujhpe chha jaao kisi aag ki surat janan Aur meri zaat ko sukha hua jangal kar do

-Wasi Shah

[perksofbeingaqib]

In English we say :

“Out of all people you misunderstood me”

But in urdu we say :

“usey meri baatein ab samjh nahi aati, kabhi jo meri khamoshi ki tafseer likha karta tha.”