Ghazal Urdu Poems

kis liye be-qaraar hain aankhen
kis ke gham mein shumaar hain aankhen

aap hain dil kii baat karte hain
aap par jaan-nisaar hain aankhen

kitne maasoom maar dale hain
kitni...

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ye dard-e-be-dawa hai aur main hoon
magar ye dil-kusha hai aur main hoon

museebat aur lambi zindagaani
buzurgon kii dua hai aur main hoon

dayaar-e-ishq mein hoon aur labon...

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raah-e-amn mein akshar khaaiyaan banaate hain
pyaar karne waalon mein dooriyaan banaate hain

aao ham gale milkar maat den siyaasat ko
jo bhi faasle apne darmiyaan banaate hain

zaalimon...

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It's disgraceful, the way you call it love,
The look you give me when It's not my face you hope to look at.

Petals, you name them...

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What Happened to Them?
by Nasir Kazmi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Those who came ashore, what happened to them?
Those who sailed away, what happened to them?

Those...

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Near Sainthood
by Mirza Ghalib
translation by Kanu V. Prajapati and Michael R. Burch

On the subject of mystic philosophy, Ghalib,
your words might have seemed deeply profound
and we...

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Strange Currents
by Amir Khusrow
loose translation by Michael R. Burch 

O Khusrow, the river of love
creates strange currents—
the one who would surface invariably drowns,
while the one...

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Last Night 
by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
translation by Michael R. Burch

Last night, your memory stole into my heart
as spring sweeps uninvited through barren gardens
as morning breezes...

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Jabeen apni kahin kham ho na jaye
Mizaj-e-husn barham ho na jaye
Bhuja to di meri sham-e-tamanna
Chirag-e-zeest madham ho na jaye
Suna to du tumhe afsaana-e-gam
Tumhari aankh purnam...

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Garyae gam hai abas deeda-e-nam se pahle
Be haqeeqat hai musarrat jo ho gam se pahle
Aashna ho gaye is se bhi yehi kya kam hai
Sunte the...

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Ghum-e-aarzoo dil se, kabhi to rukhsat hogi
Kabhi to sahar hoga, shab-e-intezaar guzaregi |

Palkon me jiske, simat ti ho ghataein
Saawan pe bhi uska hi, ikhtiyaar hoga...

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Dozakh aur Sharab.........


Tere laboan ka rang mile ga gulaab mein
Teri nigah e naaz ka  nasha sharaab mein  

Mil jaye gar woh aik baar...

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Woh chale bhi gaye to kia hua
Mein unhein roz yaad karta hoon

Dil mein rehta he bus khayal unka
Un hee kee dhun mein jeeta marta hoon


Kon...

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Raat guzray gi tu rakh layna bharam ajj kay baad
Hum na ayen gay kabhi shehar main teray ajj kay baad
 
Woh teray sheroon aur gazloon...

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