Read Best Urdu Shayari (Urdu Poetry)
Yeh surood-e-qamri o bulbul fareb-e-gosh hai
Baatin hungaama-abaad chaman khamosh hai
Tere peemanon ka hai yeh ae maay-e-maghrib asar
Khanda zan saqi hai, saari anjuman behosh hai
Dahr ke gham khanay mein tera pata milta nahi
Jurm tha kya afreenish bhi ke tu roposh hai
Jis ke dam se Dilli o Lahore hum pehlu hue
Aah, ae Iqbal woh bulbul bhi ab khamosh hai
Miṭā diyā mere sāqī ne ālam-e-man-o-tu
Pilā ke mujh ko may lā ilāha illā Hū
Na may na shair na sāqī na shor-e-chang o rabāb
Sukūt-e-koh o lab-e-jo o lāla-e-khūd ro
Gadā-e-maykada kī shān-e-be-niyāzī dekh
Pahunch ke chashma-e-ḥaywān pe toṛtā hai sabū
Mainūn niyāz hoon, mujh se ḥijāb hī awlā
Ke dil se baṛh ke hai merī nigāh beqābū
Agarche bahr kī maujōn mein hai maqām us kā
Ṣafā-e-pākī-e-ṭīnat se hai guhar kā wuzū
Jamīl-tar hain gul o lāla faiz se is ke
Nigāh-e-shā’ir-e-rangīn nawā mein hai jādū
“Mile ga manzil-e-maqsood ka usi ko suraagh,
Andheri shab mein hai cheetay ki aankh jiska chiraagh.”
Mayassar aati hai fursat faqat ghulamon ko,
Nahi hai banda-e-hur ke liye jahaan mein faraagh.”
Farogh-e-Maghribiyan kheera kar raha hai tujhe,
Teri nazar ka nigehbaan ho saahib-e-‘mazaagh’.”
“Woh bazm-e-aish hai mehmaan yak nafas do nafas,
Chamak rahe hain misaal-e-sitaara jiske ayaagh.”
Yeh hooriyan-e-farangi dil-o-nazar ka hijaab
Bihisht-e-maghribiyan jalway haaye paa-b-rakaab
Dil-o-nazar ka safeena sambhal kar le jaa
Mah-o-sitara hain bahr-e-wujood mein girdaab
Jahaan-e-saut-o-sada mein sama nahin sakti
Lateefa-e-azli hai fighaan-e-chang-o-rabaab
Sikha diye hain usay shewa-haye khaanaqahi
Faqih-e-shehr ko soofi ne kar diya hai kharaab
Woh sajda rooh-e-zameen jis se kaanp jaati thi
Usi ko aaj taraste hain minbar-o-mehraab
Suni na Misr-o-Filasteen mein woh azaan main ne
Diya tha jis ne pahaadon ko ra’asha-e-seemaab
Tu aye aseer-e-makaan, la-makaan se door nahi
Woh jalwah-gaah tere khaakdaan se door nahi
Woh murghzaar ke beem-e-khizaan nahi jis mein
Ghamgeen na ho ke tere aashiyaan se door nahi
Yeh hai khulasa-e-ilm-e-qalandari ke hayaat
Khadang-e-justa hai lekin kamaan se door nahi
Faza teri meh o parween se hai zara aage
Qadam uthha yeh maqaam aasmaan se door nahi
Kahe na raahnuma se ke chhor de mujh ko
Yeh baat raahro nukta-daan se door nahi
Ajab wa’iz ki deendari hai ya Rab
Adawat hai usay saaray jahan se
Koi ab tak na yeh samjha ke insaan
Kahan jaata hai, aata hai kahan se
Wahin se raat ko zulmat mili hai
Chamak taare ne paayi hai jahan se
Hum apni dard mandi ka fasana
Suna karte hain apne raazdaan se
Faqr ke hain mojzaat taaj o sareer o sipah
Faqr hai meeroon ka meer, faqr hai shahoon ka shah
“Ilm ka maqsad hai paaki aqal o khirad
Faqr ka maqsad hai iffat e qalb o nigah”
“Ilm faqeeh o hakeem, faqr Maseeh o Kaleem
Ilm hai joya-e-raah, faqr hai dana-e-raah”
“Faqr maqam-e-nazar, ilm maqam-e-khabar
Faqr masti sawaab, ilm mein masti gunaah”
“Ilm ka maujood aur, faqr ka maujood aur
Ash-hadu an la ilah, ash-hadu an la ilah”
“Charhti hai jab faqr ki saan pe tegh-e-khudi
Ek sipahi ki zarb karti hai kaar-e-sipah”
“Dil agar is khaak mein zinda o bedaar ho
Teri nigah tod de aaeena-e-mehr o maah”
Parda chehre se utha, anjuman aarai kar
Chashm e mehr o meh o anjum ko tamashaai kar
Tu jo bijli hai to yeh chashmak-e-penhan kab tak
Be-hijabana mere dil se shanasai kar
Nafas-e-garm ki taseer hai aijaaz-e-hayaat
Tere seene mein agar hai to Maseehai kar
Kab talak Toor pe dariwaza-garmi misl-e-Kaleem
Apni hasti se ayaan shola-e-Seenaai kar
Ho teri khaak ke har zarray se taameer-e-haram
Dil ko begaana andaz-e-kaleesaai kar
Is gulistaan mein nahiin had se guzarna achha
Naaz bhi kar to ba-andaaz-e-ra’naai kar
Pehle khuddar to maanind-e-Sikandar ho le
Phir jahaan mein hawas-e-shaukat-e-daaraai kar
Mil hi jaayegi kabhi manzil-e-Laila Iqbal!
Koi din aur abhi baadiya-pemai kar
Karein ge ahl-e-nazar taaza bastiyan abaad
Meri nigah nahiin soe Koofa o Baghdaad
Yeh madrasa, yeh jawaan, yeh surur o ranai
Inhi ke dam se hai mai khana-e-Farang abaad
Na falsafi se, na mulla se hai ghraz mujh ko
Yeh dil ki maut, woh andesha o nazar ka fasaad
Faqih-e-shehr ki tahqeer kya majaal meri
Magar yeh baat ke main dhoondta hoon dil ki kashaad
Khareed sakte hain duniya mein ishrat-e-Parvez
Khuda ki dein hai sarmaaya-e-gham Farhad
Kiye hain faash ramooz-e-qalandari main ne
Ke fikr-e-madrasa o khanqah ho azaad
Rishi ke faaqon se toota na Barahman ka tilism
Asa na ho to Kaleemi hai kaar-e-bunyad
Har ek maqam se aage guzar gaya meh-e-nau
Kamaal kis ko mayassar hua hai be tag-o-do
Nafs ke zor se woh ghuncha wa hua bhi to kya
Jise naseeb nahin aftaab ka partao
Nigaah paak hai teri to paak hai dil bhi
Ke dil ko Haq ne kiya hai nigaah ka pairo
Panap saka na khayaabaan mein laala-e-dil soz
Ke saazgaar nahin yeh jahaan-e-gandum-o-jo
Rahe na Aibak o Ghori ke maarke baaqi
Hamesha taaza o sheereen hai naghma-e-Khusro
