💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Thousands of longings, each so fierce it could take my breath away,
many of my wishes did come true, yet still they weren't enough.❞
many of my wishes did come true, yet still they weren't enough.❞
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1723–1810📍 Agra, India
Mir Taqi Mir
میر تقی میر
Ghazal
232Shayaris
12Categories
6032.7kTotal Likes
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📖 About the Poet
Mir Muhammad Taqi Mir, popularly known as 'Mir', is considered the greatest Urdu poet of the 18th century. Called the 'God of Poetry' (Khuda-e-Sukhan), he wrote about love, loss, and the human condition with unmatched simplicity and emotional depth.
📚 Famous Works
Kulliyat-e-Mir (6 Divans)Nikaat-ush-Shu'araZikr-e-Mir
✨ Famous Couplet
"पत्ता पत्ता बूटा बूटा हाल हमारा जाने है"— Mir Taqi Mir
✍️ Shayaris by Mir Taqi Mir(232)
❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Love yields to no force, Ghalib, it's a fire like none —
it won't ignite however hard you try, nor die once begun.❞
it won't ignite however hard you try, nor die once begun.❞
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🔗❝In Ghalib's eyes,
There was the image of a friend.❞
There was the image of a friend.❞
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🔗❝That she came to my house is God's own miracle
I keep looking at her, then at my own home in disbelief❞
I keep looking at her, then at my own home in disbelief❞
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🔗❝Even in Ghalib's grief,
Memories of a friend were fresh.❞
Memories of a friend were fresh.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝We have long heard of Adam's expulsion from paradise, but,
we left your lane far more disgraced than that❞
we left your lane far more disgraced than that❞
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🔗❝It was not in my fate to unite with my beloved,
had I lived on longer, this same wait would have gone on.❞
had I lived on longer, this same wait would have gone on.❞
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🔗😞Judai⭐ Featured
❝Speaking of that fairy-like beloved, and then of myself
the one who was once my confidant became my rival in the end❞
the one who was once my confidant became my rival in the end❞
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🔗🌟Zindagi⭐ Featured
❝I know full well the reality of paradise, but
to keep the heart pleased, Ghalib, this thought is good enough❞
to keep the heart pleased, Ghalib, this thought is good enough❞
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🔗❝This self-forgetfulness is not without reason, Ghalib
There is something that remains veiled❞
There is something that remains veiled❞
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🔗❝I admit that Ghalib amounts to nothing
But if it comes for free, what is the harm❞
But if it comes for free, what is the harm❞
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🔗❝I had thought everything in love would be easy
But love showed that the paths are hard❞
But love showed that the paths are hard❞
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🔗❝Love has made Ghalib worthless
Otherwise I too was a man of use❞
Otherwise I too was a man of use❞
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🔗❝When it comes to friendship,
Even Ghalib must have shed tears.❞
Even Ghalib must have shed tears.❞
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🔗❝Some loves remain incomplete
But their shine never fades❞
But their shine never fades❞
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🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Every leaf, every plant knows the state that I am in,
the flower alone may not know, but the whole garden has always been.❞
the flower alone may not know, but the whole garden has always been.❞
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🔗❝Even Ghalib rarely found,
A friend who shared the burden of pain.❞
A friend who shared the burden of pain.❞
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🔗❝Even in madness I kept my senses
This awareness was my sanity in your love❞
This awareness was my sanity in your love❞
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🔗❝Ghalib had said,
A friend is my entire world.❞
A friend is my entire world.❞
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🔗❝Love cannot be forced, Ghalib, it is that fire
which won't light however you try, nor go out however you try.❞
which won't light however you try, nor go out however you try.❞
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🔗❝Call it madness, not love, if you will
my madness has at least become your fame❞
my madness has at least become your fame❞
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🔗❝In Ghalib's poems,
There is talk of a friend's loyalty.❞
There is talk of a friend's loyalty.❞
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🔗❝Only the brave horseman falls on the battlefield,
How will those children fall who never even walked.❞
How will those children fall who never even walked.❞
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🔗❝The desire to meet you is boundless
But in my heart is the fear that you might leave❞
But in my heart is the fear that you might leave❞
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🔗❝O Mir, who can escape from those half-drunk eyes
I have seen many a soul lost while merely gazing❞
I have seen many a soul lost while merely gazing❞
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🔗❝Ghalib also believed,
Friendship is life's greatest treasure.❞
Friendship is life's greatest treasure.❞
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🔗❝In this ghazal of Ghalib,
Is the story of a friend's loyalty.❞
Is the story of a friend's loyalty.❞
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🔗❝When my life passed in this manner, Ghalib
what memory shall I keep, that once I had a God❞
what memory shall I keep, that once I had a God❞
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🔗❝In Ghalib's poetry,
A friend's name comes first.❞
A friend's name comes first.❞
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🔗❝O my naive heart, what has happened to you,
after all, what is the cure for this pain.❞
after all, what is the cure for this pain.❞
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🔗❝All my strategies went in reverse, medicine did nothing
In the end, this sickness of the heart finished me off❞
In the end, this sickness of the heart finished me off❞
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🔗❝Love has rendered 'Ghalib' good for nothing
Otherwise, I too was a man of some worth❞
Otherwise, I too was a man of some worth❞
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🔗❝Ghalib felt,
A friend is needed at every turn.❞
A friend is needed at every turn.❞
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🔗❝I keep a picture of you in my heart
Which I look at daily and live on❞
Which I look at daily and live on❞
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🔗❝In Ghalib's ghazals,
A friend's mention comes again and again.❞
A friend's mention comes again and again.❞
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🔗❝In the words of Mirza Ghalib
Love has rendered Ghalib useless❞
Love has rendered Ghalib useless❞
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🔗❝What shall I write of heartache to an aching heart
This much is enough: that you are remembered❞
This much is enough: that you are remembered❞
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🔗❝These mystic riddles, Ghalib, this eloquence of yours—
we'd have called you a saint, were you not fond of wine.❞
we'd have called you a saint, were you not fond of wine.❞
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🔗❝Let us now go and dwell where no one else may be
no one to talk with, no one who speaks like me❞
no one to talk with, no one who speaks like me❞
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🔗❝It was not in my fate to meet my beloved at last,
had I lived on longer, this same waiting would have gone on.❞
had I lived on longer, this same waiting would have gone on.❞
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🔗❝Ghalib also believed,
A friend is life's greatest support.❞
A friend is life's greatest support.❞
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🔗❝Like a beggar I came, called out, and went my way,
Stay happy, my friend — I leave you a prayer today.❞
Stay happy, my friend — I leave you a prayer today.❞
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🔗❝It's only a heart, not brick and stone — why shouldn't it fill with pain?
I shall weep a thousand times — why should anyone torment me?❞
I shall weep a thousand times — why should anyone torment me?❞
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🔗❝What can I say of the softness of her lips—
like a single petal of a rose.❞
like a single petal of a rose.❞
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🔗❝Mir's poetry is a whisper
written by drowning in a river of sorrow❞
written by drowning in a river of sorrow❞
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🔗❝Those who are mad in love
Are the truly wise ones❞
Are the truly wise ones❞
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🔗❝No hope of mine ever comes to pass,
no sign, no glimpse, ever appears.❞
no sign, no glimpse, ever appears.❞
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🔗❝I grant that you will not be careless with me, but
I shall have turned to dust before word of it ever reaches you.❞
I shall have turned to dust before word of it ever reaches you.❞
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🔗❝You appeared before me in such a way that I lost myself
you left, taking me away even from my own self❞
you left, taking me away even from my own self❞
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🔗❝Life's steed gallops on, who knows where it will halt
neither is a hand upon the reins, nor a foot in the stirrup❞
neither is a hand upon the reins, nor a foot in the stirrup❞
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🔗❝Ghalib had known,
Life is incomplete without a friend.❞
Life is incomplete without a friend.❞
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🔗❝Ghalib's friendship was that,
Which came from the depths of the heart.❞
Which came from the depths of the heart.❞
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🔗❝They ask, who is this Ghalib?
someone tell me, what should I say.❞
someone tell me, what should I say.❞
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🔗❝A sigh needs a whole lifetime to take effect,
who lives long enough to see your tresses finally combed straight.❞
who lives long enough to see your tresses finally combed straight.❞
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🔗❝O naive heart, what has happened to you
What is the cure for this pain after all❞
What is the cure for this pain after all❞
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🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Long since Ghalib has died, yet still I recall with a sigh,
How on every little thing he'd muse, "what if it were otherwise."❞
How on every little thing he'd muse, "what if it were otherwise."❞
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🔗❝Again from the reed's leaf, the season of spring draws near,
again the heart, without reason, longs for the one held dear.❞
again the heart, without reason, longs for the one held dear.❞
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🔗❝Without you there is no evening
Without you there is no morning❞
Without you there is no morning❞
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🔗❝Ghalib knew,
True friendship is a blessing.❞
True friendship is a blessing.❞
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🔗❝In love there is no difference between living and dying,
I live only by looking at the one for whom my life would end.❞
I live only by looking at the one for whom my life would end.❞
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🔗❝Burning and burning in love's fire
another night has passed❞
another night has passed❞
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🔗❝We know well the truth of paradise, but Ghalib,
it is a pleasant thought to keep, just to keep the heart happy.❞
it is a pleasant thought to keep, just to keep the heart happy.❞
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🔗❝If my fate held so much sorrow
O Lord, you should have given me several hearts❞
O Lord, you should have given me several hearts❞
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🔗❝For an age I have been deprived of the pleasure of weeping
O comfort of my soul, even making me cry you cannot do❞
O comfort of my soul, even making me cry you cannot do❞
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🔗❝After you looked into my eyes that once
Every night sleep has gone❞
Every night sleep has gone❞
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🔗❝Isn't this mischief enough to ruin a man's home
You became friends with him whose enemy is fate itself❞
You became friends with him whose enemy is fate itself❞
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🔗❝I got so lost in love
That I lost all track of myself❞
That I lost all track of myself❞
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🔗❝I do not believe blood is only meant to run in veins,
if it does not drip from the eye, then what is it worth.❞
if it does not drip from the eye, then what is it worth.❞
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🔗❝When the talk of sorrow began
The heart's words remained unspoken within❞
The heart's words remained unspoken within❞
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🔗❝I do not believe in blood merely running through veins,
If it does not flow from the eyes as tears, what is blood?❞
If it does not flow from the eyes as tears, what is blood?❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝One girl robbed Mir of both faith and heart,
What grace she had, what simplicity.❞
What grace she had, what simplicity.❞
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🔗❝I do not believe blood is meant to merely run through veins,
if it never fell as a tear, then what is blood at all.❞
if it never fell as a tear, then what is blood at all.❞
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🔗❝The veil is slipping slowly from her face
As if the moon itself is rising, slowly, slowly❞
As if the moon itself is rising, slowly, slowly❞
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🔗❝The heart again seeks those leisurely days and nights
Spent sitting lost in thoughts of the beloved❞
Spent sitting lost in thoughts of the beloved❞
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🔗❝Thousands of desires — each one worth dying for,
many were fulfilled but still they seemed too few.❞
many were fulfilled but still they seemed too few.❞
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🔗❝This beloved has a way that is unique,
In her every gesture there is an enchantment.❞
In her every gesture there is an enchantment.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Ages have passed since Ghalib died, yet I remember,
His habit of saying at every turn: what if it had been otherwise?❞
His habit of saying at every turn: what if it had been otherwise?❞
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🔗❝Life's prison and sorrow's chains are truly one and the same,
Why should a man find freedom from grief before death's claim?❞
Why should a man find freedom from grief before death's claim?❞
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🔗❝The world is but a children's playground before me,
night and day it's merely a spectacle before me.❞
night and day it's merely a spectacle before me.❞
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🔗❝Now I depart from this temple of idols, Mir
we shall meet again, if God so brings it to pass❞
we shall meet again, if God so brings it to pass❞
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🔗❝My existence is like a bubble—
this show of life is like a mirage.❞
this show of life is like a mirage.❞
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🔗❝Every leaf, every blade of grass knows my condition
Maybe the rose does not know, but the whole garden knows❞
Maybe the rose does not know, but the whole garden knows❞
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🔗❝Death has a fixed appointed day,
Then why does sleep elude me all night?❞
Then why does sleep elude me all night?❞
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🔗❝In Ghalib's world,
No one could take a friend's place.❞
No one could take a friend's place.❞
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🔗❝Ghalib was right when he said
Death is fixed for a day, why then does sleep not come all night❞
Death is fixed for a day, why then does sleep not come all night❞
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🔗❝Not everything reveals itself in tulip and rose
what forms lie hidden in the dust, none truly knows❞
what forms lie hidden in the dust, none truly knows❞
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🔗❝What sort of friendship is this, where friends turn into moral advisors
Someone should have eased my pain, someone shared my grief instead❞
Someone should have eased my pain, someone shared my grief instead❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Why ask now of Mir's faith and religion,
He drew a tilak, sat in the temple, long ago abandoned faith.❞
He drew a tilak, sat in the temple, long ago abandoned faith.❞
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🔗❝All my remedies backfired, no medicine had effect,
see how this sickness of the heart finally finished me off.❞
see how this sickness of the heart finally finished me off.❞
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🔗❝Love cannot be forced, Ghalib, it is that fire
Which cannot be lit by trying, nor put out by dousing.❞
Which cannot be lit by trying, nor put out by dousing.❞
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🔗❝Do not ignore this poor heart's plea, turning away your eyes with sweet words,
for I cannot bear this separation, my love — why not draw me close to your heart.❞
for I cannot bear this separation, my love — why not draw me close to your heart.❞
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🔗❝You appeared before me in such a way that I lost myself,
you left, taking me away even from my own self.❞
you left, taking me away even from my own self.❞
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🔗❝At every little thing you ask me who I think I am
you yourself tell me, what manner of speaking is this❞
you yourself tell me, what manner of speaking is this❞
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🔗❝The veil slips slowly from her face, so slowly—
like the sun rising slowly, slowly.❞
like the sun rising slowly, slowly.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝All my remedies went in vain, no medicine worked at all,
In the end this disease of the heart finished everything.❞
In the end this disease of the heart finished everything.❞
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🔗❝For just one glimpse of you
How many times we died and lived again❞
How many times we died and lived again❞
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🔗❝Foolish heart — what has come over you,
what after all is the remedy for this pain?
I am eager and she is indifferent —
O God, what is this strange situation's refrain?❞
what after all is the remedy for this pain?
I am eager and she is indifferent —
O God, what is this strange situation's refrain?❞
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🔗❝My heart's grief is a critic — I dare not speak it aloud;
what can be done where even words fail to form?❞
what can be done where even words fail to form?❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝No hope is fulfilled,
No face comes into sight.❞
No face comes into sight.❞
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🔗❝We live on your one word,
We die on your one glance.❞
We die on your one glance.❞
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🔗❝Ghalib had found,
A friend who spoke the truth.❞
A friend who spoke the truth.❞
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🔗❝In love there is no difference between living and dying,
I live only by gazing at the one for whom my breath keeps trying.❞
I live only by gazing at the one for whom my breath keeps trying.❞
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🔗❝If even death brings no peace, then where shall we go,
Ghalib remains restless — it is simply his nature.❞
Ghalib remains restless — it is simply his nature.❞
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🔗❝This is only love's beginning, why do you already weep,
just wait and watch what more is yet to come.❞
just wait and watch what more is yet to come.❞
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🔗❝The world is but a children's playground before me,
day and night, a spectacle unfolds before my eyes.❞
day and night, a spectacle unfolds before my eyes.❞
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🔗❝This love is not easy, just understand this much
It is a river of fire and one must drown to cross❞
It is a river of fire and one must drown to cross❞
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🔗❝This is just the beginning of love, why do you weep
Wait and watch what unfolds ahead❞
Wait and watch what unfolds ahead❞
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🔗❝Love cannot be forced, O Ghalib — it is such a fire
That cannot be lit at will, nor extinguished once ablaze❞
That cannot be lit at will, nor extinguished once ablaze❞
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🔗❝When there was nothing, there was God; if nothing existed, God would be,
My existence has drowned me — what would I be if I weren't?❞
My existence has drowned me — what would I be if I weren't?❞
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🔗❝All his life Ghalib kept making this mistake,
The dust was on his face, yet he kept wiping the mirror.❞
The dust was on his face, yet he kept wiping the mirror.❞
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🔗❝Even betrayal is a kind of loyalty
At least it gave me pain to feel❞
At least it gave me pain to feel❞
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🔗❝In Ghalib's words,
A friend is the purpose of life.❞
A friend is the purpose of life.❞
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🔗❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for,
Many of my wishes were fulfilled, yet they were still too few.❞
Many of my wishes were fulfilled, yet they were still too few.❞
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🔗❝When nothing existed, God existed; if nothing existed, God would still exist,
my own existence has drowned me—had I not existed, what would it matter.❞
my own existence has drowned me—had I not existed, what would it matter.❞
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🔗❝It was not our fate that union with the beloved would happen,
Had we lived longer, the same waiting would have remained.❞
Had we lived longer, the same waiting would have remained.❞
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🔗❝I kept burning like a candle
And kept living on your path❞
And kept living on your path❞
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🔗❝Like Ghalib,
Life was spent searching for a true friend.❞
Life was spent searching for a true friend.❞
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🔗❝So hard it is for anything to come easy at all,
Even a man cannot easily become humane at all.❞
Even a man cannot easily become humane at all.❞
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🔗❝Love has made Ghalib good for nothing,
Otherwise I too was a man of worth.❞
Otherwise I too was a man of worth.❞
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🔗❝The glow that lights my face at the sight of her,
makes her believe the patient's condition is better.❞
makes her believe the patient's condition is better.❞
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🔗❝Let someone be the son of Mary, a healer of the world—
but who will cure this sorrow of mine?❞
but who will cure this sorrow of mine?❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝When man grows accustomed to sorrow, sorrow disappears,
So many difficulties fell upon me that they became easy.❞
So many difficulties fell upon me that they became easy.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝O naive heart, what has come over you,
What after all is the cure for this pain,
I long for one who is averse to me —
O God, what is this affair.❞
What after all is the cure for this pain,
I long for one who is averse to me —
O God, what is this affair.❞
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🔗❝Mir too has his pair of tearful eyes
Ghalib has his share too, but lacks not in love❞
Ghalib has his share too, but lacks not in love❞
👁️70.8k
🔗❝It is but a heart, not stone or brick — why should it not fill with pain
I will weep a thousand times — why should anyone need to torment me❞
I will weep a thousand times — why should anyone need to torment me❞
👁️69.6k
🔗❝The heart again seeks those leisurely days and nights,
When I would sit lost in thoughts of my beloved.❞
When I would sit lost in thoughts of my beloved.❞
👁️69.6k
🔗❝Where is the tavern door, O Ghalib, and where the preacher,
But this much we know — yesterday as he left, we arrived.❞
But this much we know — yesterday as he left, we arrived.❞
👁️69.6k
🔗❝Mirza Ghalib says,
A friend is one who stands with you in pain.❞
A friend is one who stands with you in pain.❞
👁️69.6k
🔗❝Thousands of desires such that each desire takes my breath,
Many desires emerged, yet they were still not enough.❞
Many desires emerged, yet they were still not enough.❞
👁️69.0k
🔗❝We drank on borrowed money, but always believed it true
Our proud, defiant poverty will show its colours one day❞
Our proud, defiant poverty will show its colours one day❞
👁️71.1k
🔗❝A sigh needs a lifetime before it takes effect,
Who lives long enough to see your tresses untangled.❞
Who lives long enough to see your tresses untangled.❞
👁️67.2k
🔗💝Heart Touch⭐ Featured
❝O foolish heart, what has come over you —
what after all is the cure for this pain?
I am eager and she is tired of me —
O God, what is the story here?❞
what after all is the cure for this pain?
I am eager and she is tired of me —
O God, what is the story here?❞
👁️64.0k
🔗❝O foolish heart, what has happened to you,
What after all is the cure for this pain?❞
What after all is the cure for this pain?❞
👁️66.0k
🔗❝A drop's only joy is to vanish into the river,
for pain to cross all limits is to become its own cure.❞
for pain to cross all limits is to become its own cure.❞
👁️60.0k
🔗🥺Yaad⭐ Featured
❝Again the tearful eye was remembered —
heart and liver thirsted for lament.
Hardly had the calamity rested —
when again your time of departure was remembered.❞
heart and liver thirsted for lament.
Hardly had the calamity rested —
when again your time of departure was remembered.❞
👁️63.0k
🔗🌟Zindagi⭐ Featured
❝The world is a playground of children before me —
day and night a spectacle unfolds before me.❞
day and night a spectacle unfolds before me.❞
👁️62.0k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Look, it rises from the heart, from the very soul
where else could this smoke be rising from❞
where else could this smoke be rising from❞
👁️67.0k
🔗❝No hope is fulfilled,
No way out is seen.
Death has a fixed day,
Why then does sleep not come all night?❞
No way out is seen.
Death has a fixed day,
Why then does sleep not come all night?❞
👁️64.0k
🔗❝I live by their name alone
That name which resides in my heart❞
That name which resides in my heart❞
👁️63.0k
🔗❝You took away my very identity by locking your eyes with mine
Making me drink the wine of love, you left me utterly intoxicated❞
Making me drink the wine of love, you left me utterly intoxicated❞
👁️44.1k
🔗❝When man grows accustomed to grief, the grief disappears,
So many hardships fell upon me that they became easy.❞
So many hardships fell upon me that they became easy.❞
👁️62.0k
🔗❝I hope for a loyalty you never showed
You complain of a cruelty I never committed❞
You complain of a cruelty I never committed❞
👁️62.4k
🔗❝Let me now go and live where no one exists,
No one to converse with, no one who speaks my tongue.❞
No one to converse with, no one who speaks my tongue.❞
👁️62.4k
🔗❝The world is a playground of children before me,
Day and night a spectacle unfolds before me.❞
Day and night a spectacle unfolds before me.❞
👁️62.4k
🔗💝Heart Touch⭐ Featured
❝If ever freed from the world's sorrow,
This very heart I'll make a new world.
Where the tavern, where I, where the breeze —
All are one when I remember you within.❞
This very heart I'll make a new world.
Where the tavern, where I, where the breeze —
All are one when I remember you within.❞
👁️59.0k
🔗❝I grant you will not be negligent, but still
I shall have turned to dust before word reaches you❞
I shall have turned to dust before word reaches you❞
👁️64.8k
🔗🌿Qudrat⭐ Featured
❝A sigh needs a lifetime to take effect —
who lives long enough to be enslaved by your tress?❞
who lives long enough to be enslaved by your tress?❞
👁️59.0k
🔗❝This is just the beginning of love — why do you weep
Wait and see what lies ahead❞
Wait and see what lies ahead❞
👁️60.6k
🔗❝My only lord is Giridhar Gopal, none other
He who wears the peacock crown, he alone is my husband❞
He who wears the peacock crown, he alone is my husband❞
👁️41.2k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for,
Many I have fulfilled, yet they seem too few.
Why should my killer fear — what weight upon his neck?
That blood which drips all life from my tearful eyes.❞
Many I have fulfilled, yet they seem too few.
Why should my killer fear — what weight upon his neck?
That blood which drips all life from my tearful eyes.❞
👁️58.0k
🔗❝Yes, I will drink wine, but tell me this,
Will there be reckoning for it on the Day of Judgement too.❞
Will there be reckoning for it on the Day of Judgement too.❞
👁️60.0k
🔗❝Every leaf and every plant knows my condition well,
the flower may not know — but the whole garden can tell.❞
the flower may not know — but the whole garden can tell.❞
👁️56.5k
🔗❝Love cannot be forced — it is that fire, Ghalib,
Which cannot be lit at will, nor extinguished.❞
Which cannot be lit at will, nor extinguished.❞
👁️58.0k
🔗🌟Zindagi⭐ Featured
❝There are other fine poets in the world too,
But they say Ghalib has a style altogether different.❞
But they say Ghalib has a style altogether different.❞
👁️55.0k
🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝O foolish heart, what has come over you?
What, after all, is the cure for this pain?
I am eager and she is weary of me —
O God, what is the mystery of this?❞
What, after all, is the cure for this pain?
I am eager and she is weary of me —
O God, what is the mystery of this?❞
👁️54.0k
🔗🥺Yaad⭐ Featured
❝Again your tearful eyes came to my memory,
the heart and liver thirsting for a lament.
Hardly had the end of the world taken a breath,
when the time of your departure returned to my mind.❞
the heart and liver thirsting for a lament.
Hardly had the end of the world taken a breath,
when the time of your departure returned to my mind.❞
👁️53.0k
🔗❝Love cannot be forced, O Ghalib, it is that flame
Which neither catches when you try, nor can be extinguished❞
Which neither catches when you try, nor can be extinguished❞
👁️55.2k
🔗❝When a person grows used to sorrow, sorrow itself fades
So many hardships fell upon me that they became easy❞
So many hardships fell upon me that they became easy❞
👁️55.2k
🔗❝Love cannot be forced, it is that fire, Ghalib,
That neither can be lit nor can be extinguished.❞
That neither can be lit nor can be extinguished.❞
👁️55.2k
🔗❝The heart seeks again those leisurely days and nights,
To sit absorbed in the contemplation of the beloved.❞
To sit absorbed in the contemplation of the beloved.❞
👁️55.2k
🔗❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for,
Many of my wishes were fulfilled, yet I yearned for more.❞
Many of my wishes were fulfilled, yet I yearned for more.❞
👁️55.2k
🔗❝The world is a children's playground before me,
Night and day a spectacle unfolds before me.❞
Night and day a spectacle unfolds before me.❞
👁️54.0k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝A sigh takes a whole lifetime to have its effect,
Who lives long enough to see your locks untangled?❞
Who lives long enough to see your locks untangled?❞
👁️51.0k
🔗✌️2 Line⭐ Featured
❝The world is a children's playground before me,
Night and day a spectacle unfolds before me.❞
Night and day a spectacle unfolds before me.❞
👁️51.0k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Why now ask of Mir's faith and religion?
Long ago he drew the tilak, sat in the temple, and left Islam behind.❞
Long ago he drew the tilak, sat in the temple, and left Islam behind.❞
👁️50.0k
🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Every leaf, every blade of grass knows the state of my heart,
The flower alone may not know — but the whole garden does.❞
The flower alone may not know — but the whole garden does.❞
👁️48.0k
🔗❝What is the cure for the grief of existence but death, O Asad,
The candle burns in every shade until the dawn arrives.❞
The candle burns in every shade until the dawn arrives.❞
👁️49.8k
🔗🌿Qudrat⭐ Featured
❝It has been ages since Ghalib died — but he is remembered
for saying at every turn: if it had happened thus — what then?❞
for saying at every turn: if it had happened thus — what then?❞
👁️47.0k
🔗❝Why speak of the heart's desolation —
this city has been plundered and rebuilt a hundred times.❞
this city has been plundered and rebuilt a hundred times.❞
👁️46.0k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝A sigh needs a lifetime to take effect,
Who survives until your tresses are perfect?❞
Who survives until your tresses are perfect?❞
👁️45.7k
🔗❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for
Many of my wishes came true, yet I craved more❞
Many of my wishes came true, yet I craved more❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Thousands of desires, such that each desire costs a breath
Many desires of mine were fulfilled, yet they still felt few❞
Many desires of mine were fulfilled, yet they still felt few❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for,
Many were fulfilled, yet so many more remain.❞
Many were fulfilled, yet so many more remain.❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for,
Many of my wishes were fulfilled, yet I yearned for more.❞
Many of my wishes were fulfilled, yet I yearned for more.❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝O naive heart, what has happened to you,
What after all is the cure for this pain.❞
What after all is the cure for this pain.❞
👁️45.0k
🔗❝Thousands of desires, each one worth dying for
Many of my longings were fulfilled, yet so few❞
Many of my longings were fulfilled, yet so few❞
👁️45.0k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Love cannot be forced, it is that flame, O Ghalib,
That cannot be kindled at will nor quenched at your will.
Someone should come to the beloved's gathering tonight,
Until my tears neither wet nor fail to wet this plight.❞
That cannot be kindled at will nor quenched at your will.
Someone should come to the beloved's gathering tonight,
Until my tears neither wet nor fail to wet this plight.❞
👁️43.7k
🔗❝We knew love was not easy —
but we had to walk this path, and we walked.
The destination was not found — it was not found —
but memories were found, and the heart carried them away.❞
but we had to walk this path, and we walked.
The destination was not found — it was not found —
but memories were found, and the heart carried them away.❞
👁️41.5k
🔗❝My heart's sorrow is so intricate I cannot express it —
What can be said where nothing can be said?
I do call to her, but O passion of my heart —
May something befall her such that she cannot but come.❞
What can be said where nothing can be said?
I do call to her, but O passion of my heart —
May something befall her such that she cannot but come.❞
👁️40.0k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝We are not convinced by blood that merely races through veins,
If it does not drip from the eye as tears, what blood remains?❞
If it does not drip from the eye as tears, what blood remains?❞
👁️41.6k
🔗❝This is merely the beginning of love — why do you weep?
Wait and see what lies further ahead.❞
Wait and see what lies further ahead.❞
👁️39.0k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝A sigh needs a whole lifetime to take effect,
Who lives long enough to see your tresses perfect.
Every wave is a net with a hundred whirlpools set,
Let's see what the raindrop endures to become a pearl yet.❞
Who lives long enough to see your tresses perfect.
Every wave is a net with a hundred whirlpools set,
Let's see what the raindrop endures to become a pearl yet.❞
👁️40.3k
🔗❝Your glance passed from my heart down to my very soul
Winning both over with a single graceful gesture❞
Winning both over with a single graceful gesture❞
👁️31.5k
🔗❝What shall I say of the heart's desolation —
this city has fallen asleep, a ruined abode.
I weep over this broken heart —
What a level of depth Mir speaks from.❞
this city has fallen asleep, a ruined abode.
I weep over this broken heart —
What a level of depth Mir speaks from.❞
👁️36.5k
🔗❝No hope now bears any fruit for me,
No vision or face comes clear to see.
Death has its appointed day set in stone,
So why does sleep elude me all night alone?❞
No vision or face comes clear to see.
Death has its appointed day set in stone,
So why does sleep elude me all night alone?❞
👁️37.3k
🔗❝The prison of life and the bondage of sorrow are, in truth, the same thing
Why should a man find freedom from grief before death❞
Why should a man find freedom from grief before death❞
👁️27.6k
🔗❝Look at this heart, rising from the very soul,
Where does this smoke come from, taking its toll?❞
Where does this smoke come from, taking its toll?❞
👁️25.9k
🔗❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for I say,
Many I fulfilled, yet too few were met along the way.❞
Many I fulfilled, yet too few were met along the way.❞
👁️33.7k
🔗💝Heart Touch⭐ Featured
❝In great dishonor we left your alley behind,
Yet we touched the dust of your street with forehead inclined.
They wronged us, yet we chose to forgive and forget,
Love teaches this, even enemies we embraced and met.❞
Yet we touched the dust of your street with forehead inclined.
They wronged us, yet we chose to forgive and forget,
Love teaches this, even enemies we embraced and met.❞
👁️33.7k
🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Love, O Mir, is a heavy stone indeed,
When will you be able to lift it and be freed.
If the ground beneath your feet is firm and near,
And you have a hand to hold, what is there to fear.❞
When will you be able to lift it and be freed.
If the ground beneath your feet is firm and near,
And you have a hand to hold, what is there to fear.❞
👁️31.7k
🔗❝My pain never bowed to any cure
I never healed, but never worsened for sure❞
I never healed, but never worsened for sure❞
👁️34.3k
🔗❝Mustard flowers bloom in every grove, blooming in every grove,
mango buds burst, palash flowers bloom, the koel sings from branch to branch.❞
mango buds burst, palash flowers bloom, the koel sings from branch to branch.❞
👁️23.8k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝I loved, and so bore pain — yes, even that will be remembered,
The kohl of her eyes will leave a mark on my heart, forever tendered.❞
The kohl of her eyes will leave a mark on my heart, forever tendered.❞
👁️30.4k
🔗❝I know the true nature of paradise, but then,
To keep the heart glad, O Ghalib, this fancy's good to pen.❞
To keep the heart glad, O Ghalib, this fancy's good to pen.❞
👁️29.6k
🔗❝It is hard for every task to become easy
Even man does not easily attain being human❞
Even man does not easily attain being human❞
👁️30.6k
🔗✌️2 Line⭐ Featured
❝O naive heart, what has happened to you,
After all, what is the cure for this pain you pursue.❞
After all, what is the cure for this pain you pursue.❞
👁️27.7k
🔗❝Day and night the seven skies keep turning round and round
Something will surely come to pass, why should we fret at all❞
Something will surely come to pass, why should we fret at all❞
👁️23.1k
🔗❝A thousand twists lie in those dark, kohl-lined eyes,
How accomplished a master of subtlety I am in disguise.
She is not weary of me, nor am I weary of her in sight,
We two are simply caught in a misunderstanding's plight.❞
How accomplished a master of subtlety I am in disguise.
She is not weary of me, nor am I weary of her in sight,
We two are simply caught in a misunderstanding's plight.❞
👁️27.0k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Why weep at love's first beginning here,
Wait and see what lies ahead, my dear.❞
Wait and see what lies ahead, my dear.❞
👁️26.7k
🔗❝It was not in my fate to unite with my beloved,
Had I lived longer, only this same wait would have unfolded.❞
Had I lived longer, only this same wait would have unfolded.❞
👁️26.3k
🔗❝The narrow confines of the ghazal can't match my passion's scale
My voice demands a vastness far beyond this tale❞
My voice demands a vastness far beyond this tale❞
👁️18.5k
🔗😞Judai⭐ Featured
❝Even in separation she is near to me,
Her memory dwells in every thought I see.
My heart says forget her, let her go,
But my soul says she alone is what matters so.❞
Her memory dwells in every thought I see.
My heart says forget her, let her go,
But my soul says she alone is what matters so.❞
👁️24.7k
🔗❝Why do you weep, O Mir, what will weeping achieve,
What has passed will not return, you must believe.
Wipe your tears and step forward brave and new,
Life will call you at every turn anew.❞
What has passed will not return, you must believe.
Wipe your tears and step forward brave and new,
Life will call you at every turn anew.❞
👁️24.7k
🔗❝You took away my very identity, just by meeting my eyes
You spoke the unspeakable, just by meeting my eyes❞
You spoke the unspeakable, just by meeting my eyes❞
👁️28.7k
🔗🥺Yaad⭐ Featured
❝I miss you every moment, every hour that ticks,
Your fragrance dwells in every breath that sticks.
Even from afar you feel so close to me,
In memories your magic works endlessly.❞
Your fragrance dwells in every breath that sticks.
Even from afar you feel so close to me,
In memories your magic works endlessly.❞
👁️23.6k
🔗❝All remedies have gone wrong, no medicine worked in the end,
This sickness of the heart has finally come to its intended end.❞
This sickness of the heart has finally come to its intended end.❞
👁️22.9k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Every leaf and every blade of grass knows my state so dear,
If the flower may not know, the whole garden is aware.❞
If the flower may not know, the whole garden is aware.❞
👁️21.6k
🔗❝What to say of the tenderness of her lips,
Like a petal of the rose it slips.
Mir, in those half-open eyes of hers,
All the intoxication of wine stirs.❞
Like a petal of the rose it slips.
Mir, in those half-open eyes of hers,
All the intoxication of wine stirs.❞
👁️20.3k
🔗🌿Qudrat⭐ Featured
❝Clouds have gathered, the breezes blow and play,
Dewdrops rest upon the petals in the early day.
This is but one of nature's countless scenes,
In which God's mercy shines through and gleams.❞
Dewdrops rest upon the petals in the early day.
This is but one of nature's countless scenes,
In which God's mercy shines through and gleams.❞
👁️20.3k
🔗❝Who can describe the state of Mir's verse,
Who can say what measure of lament it's worth?
I had wished to tell her, but alas, in her face,
Who can reveal these secrets in that place?❞
Who can say what measure of lament it's worth?
I had wished to tell her, but alas, in her face,
Who can reveal these secrets in that place?❞
👁️16.2k
🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Love has rendered Ghalib useless,
Otherwise I too was a capable man.❞
Otherwise I too was a capable man.❞
👁️15.2k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝The heart is not stone or brick — why should it not fill with pain?
I shall weep a thousand times — why should anyone torment me?❞
I shall weep a thousand times — why should anyone torment me?❞
👁️14.8k
🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝O naive heart, what has happened to you?
What after all is the remedy for this pain?❞
What after all is the remedy for this pain?❞
👁️14.3k
🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝It's been a while since Ghalib died, yet I remember his habit —
On every matter saying: if it had been so, what would have happened?❞
On every matter saying: if it had been so, what would have happened?❞
👁️14.2k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝What cure is there for life's sorrow except death, O Asad?
The candle burns in every colour till the dawn arrives.❞
The candle burns in every colour till the dawn arrives.❞
👁️13.8k
🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for,
Many of them I have fulfilled, yet I yearn for more.❞
Many of them I have fulfilled, yet I yearn for more.❞
👁️12.4k
🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Whose bold pen has made each portrait protest so,
Each figure in the picture wears paper for its vest below.❞
Each figure in the picture wears paper for its vest below.❞
👁️13.2k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Thousands of desires, each worth dying for,
Many of them I have fulfilled, yet I yearn for more.❞
Many of them I have fulfilled, yet I yearn for more.❞
👁️13.2k
🔗💔Dard⭐ Featured
❝Don't think my wandering is effortless,
This very pain has made my name.❞
This very pain has made my name.❞
👁️12.0k
🔗❤️Mohabbat⭐ Featured
❝Love cannot be forced — it is that fire, O Ghalib,
That cannot be lit at will, nor extinguished when it rages.❞
That cannot be lit at will, nor extinguished when it rages.❞
👁️11.2k
🔗❝The prison of life and the bond of grief — in truth both are the same,
Why should man seek release from sorrow before death comes to claim?❞
Why should man seek release from sorrow before death comes to claim?❞
👁️10.6k
🔗❝The world is a children's playground before me,
Day and night the spectacle unfolds before me.❞
Day and night the spectacle unfolds before me.❞
👁️10.4k
🔗❝All remedies failed and medicine did naught for me,
See how this sickness of heart finally finished everything.❞
See how this sickness of heart finally finished everything.❞
👁️8.9k
🔗❝When man grows used to sorrow, sorrow fades,
So many hardships fell on me that they became easy.❞
So many hardships fell on me that they became easy.❞
👁️8.7k
🔗❝This is just the beginning of love — why do you weep?
Just wait and see what lies ahead.❞
Just wait and see what lies ahead.❞
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🔗❝In love I lost my heart, in losing my heart I found love.
This is the reverse current's game — victory in defeat.❞
This is the reverse current's game — victory in defeat.❞
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🔗❝Every leaf and every plant knows our condition,
The flower may or may not know — but the whole garden knows.❞
The flower may or may not know — but the whole garden knows.❞
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🔗❝Who knows what the meaning is of this heartless world.
We came, we stayed, we left — this is the story of every heart.❞
We came, we stayed, we left — this is the story of every heart.❞
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🔗❝What life had given, it took back; what the heart desired, was not found.
Would that we could understand — no one has truly lived this game of life.❞
Would that we could understand — no one has truly lived this game of life.❞
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🔗❝The heart's words remain in the heart, never reaching the lips.
This is life's trouble — what needed to be said remains unsaid.❞
This is life's trouble — what needed to be said remains unsaid.❞
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🔗❝The story of you that lives in my heart I could not put into words.
If you look into my eyes, you'll read everything unsaid.❞
If you look into my eyes, you'll read everything unsaid.❞
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🔗❝I have seen burning in love's fire, seen the heart become ash.
Yet everyone keeps loving — this is love's very magic.❞
Yet everyone keeps loving — this is love's very magic.❞
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