long is this evening of grief, but it is still just an evening.❞
दिल न-उम्मीद तो नहीं, नाकाम ही सही, — Faiz Ahmed Faiz | Dard Shayari
long is this evening of grief, but it is still just an evening.❞
About Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was a Pakistani poet and one of the most celebrated poets of the Urdu language. A leading member of the Progressive Writers' Movement, he blended romantic poetry with political activism. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and received the Lenin Peace Prize.
Born: Sialkot, Punjab · Era: 1911–1984 · Specialty: Progressive Poetry, Ghazal
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About Dard Shayari
Sad shayari captures what's hard to say out loud. Ghalib's restlessness, Faiz's longing, Jaun Elia's ache — this collection holds some of the finest verses on sorrow and loneliness. Reach for these when words feel heavy, when you want to sit with a feeling rather than fix it, or to let a friend know their pain is understood.
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I had believed that you were all there was to make life shine through.❞
That day which has been promised, written on the tablet of eternity.❞
Something departs after a night of sorrow through.
Deserted is the tavern, the jars and cups all sad,
Since you left, even the days of spring have been made mad.❞
The dawn that searched for that spring has already gone fast.❞
I had believed that you were all there was to make life shine through.
From your radiance I had also imagined this dream,
That all the sorrows of ages would be buried in your scheme.❞
The heart finds peace amid the fray.
We know not why this feeling comes to stay,
But when it does, it does — what more to say?❞
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many of my wishes did come true, yet still they weren't enough.❞
I too have pain, but where can I go❞
forget me
but I read that same letter every day❞
I had once believed that with you, life itself would shine.❞
The feelings of the heart do not come to the tongue❞
I see your face there❞
Smiling on the outside, I am dying within❞
In the morning I found their image in the ashes❞