I neither got better, nor worse I'd say.❞
दर्द मिन्नत-कश-ए-दवा न हुआ, — Ghalib | Dard Shayari
I neither got better, nor worse I'd say.❞
About Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, known by his pen name 'Ghalib', was the most dominant Urdu and Persian-language poet of the Mughal Era. His pen name Ghalib means 'dominant' or 'superior'. His work is celebrated for its complex imagery, philosophical depth, and a unique blend of mysticism and worldly experience.
Born: Agra, India · Era: 1797–1869 · Specialty: Ghazal, Shayari
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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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His habit of asking at every turn — what if it weren't so at all?❞
What is the remedy for this pain, tell me true?❞
That can't be lit at will, nor extinguished by you.❞
Many of my longings were fulfilled — yet too few in my grasp.
Do not try to frighten me with death — for then they'll say,
Why die now, only when the heart breathes its last away?❞
So thoroughly washed, we became pure that day.❞
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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❞