Hawa Urdu Poetry

Hawa.....!! Tum Janti Ho Sab

Hawa....!
Tum janti ho sab
Ke mein ne raat ke pichle pehar

chupke se sari dastaan tum ko sunaye thi
Tumhien to yaad hi ho ga

Tabhi...
Jab ashk meri baat ke raste mein hayal the
Tabhi...

Jab lafz mere durd ki shidat se ghayal the
Meri sochien

Jab uski chaap ke peechay gaien thien to
Hawa tum ne hi mera bheegta pallo sukhaya tha

Hawa tum sun rahi thien na ke jab us ne kaha tha
Muntazar rehna mein Aoon ga

Hawa... Tum to gawa ho ke tan se ab talak
in rastoon se

Meri ankhoon ke diye bhujnay nahi paye
Hawa tum to usi ke rastoon se ho ke aye ho

Hawa....!
Wo aa raha tha na?

Hawa....!

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Na Tha Kuch To Khuda Tha By Mirza Ghalib

Na tha kuch to Khuda tha by Mirza Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib

Na tha kuch to Khuda tha, Kuch na hota to Khuda hota
Daboya mujhko hone ne na hota mein to kia hota

Huwa jab gham se youn behis to ghum kia sir katnay ka
Na hota gar juda tan se to zanoon per dhara hota

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Kahien se tera sath le Aaoon Urdu Poetry

Kahien se tera sath le Aaoon Urdu Poetry

Kahien se tera sath le Aaoon
Wasl ki chand raat le aaoon

Beth jaoon kisi doorahay per
Mang ker tera hath le aaoon

Kitni sadiyoon ke baad bolo mein
Lab pe aik teri hi baat le aaoon

Apni aankhoon ki band ghalioon se
Aansoon ki barat le aaoon

Itni pooja keroon ke mein ik din
Apni zaat mein teri zaat le aaoon

Hoi mudat ke ghalib mar gaya per yaad ata hai
Wo her baat per kehna ke youn hota to kia hota

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I am but as the spark that gleams for a moment

"I am but as the spark that gleams for a moment,
His burning candle consumed me - the moth;
His wine overwhelmed my goblet,
The master of Rum transmuted my earth to gold
And set my ashes aflame."

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MYSTERIES OF SELFLESSNESS

MYSTERIES OF SELFLESSNESS
"Since love first made the breast an instrument
Of fierce lamenting, by its flame my heart
Was molten to a mirror, like a rose
I pluck my breast apart, that I may hang
This mirror in your sight
Gaze you therein."

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The secret divine my ecstasy has taught (from Baal-i-Jibreel)

The secret divine my ecstasy has taught
I may convey if I have Gabriel's breath.

What can these stars tell me of my fate?
They are lost themselves in the boundless firmament.

The total absorption of thought and vision is life,
Scattered thought is selfhood's total death.

Pleasures of selfhood are a blessing of God,
Who makes me lose my awareness of myself.

With a pure heart, a noble aim, a poignant soul.
I care not for Solomon's wealth or Plato's thought.

The Prophet's 'Mairaj' has taught me that heaven
Lies within the bounds of human reach.

This universe, perhaps, is yet incomplete,
For I hear repeated sounds of "Be, And It Was."

Thy mind is ruled by the magic of the West,
Thy cure lies in the Fire of Rumi's faith.

It is he who has given my eyes a blissful vision,
It is he who has blessed my soul with light.

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The flame that can set afire a dark

Selfhood can demolish the magic of this world;
But our belief in The One is not comprehended by all.

Have a seer's eye, and light will dawn on thee;
As a river and its waves cannot remain apart.

The light of God and knowledge are not in rivalry,
But so the pulpit believes, afraid of Hallaj's rope.

Contentment is the shield for the pure and the noble
A shield in slavery, and a shield in power.

In the East the soul looks in vain for light;
In the West the light is a faded cloud of dust.

The fakirs who could shatter the power and pelf of kings
No longer tread this earth, in climes far or near.

The spirit of this age is brimful with negations,
And drained to the fast drop is the power of faith.

Muted is Europe's lament on its crumbling pageant,
Muted by the delirious beats, the clangour of its music.

A sleepy ripple awaits, to swell into a wave
A wave that will swallow up monsters of the sea.


What is slavery but a loss of the sense of beauty?
What the free call beautiful, is beautiful indeed.

The present belongs to him who explores, in their depths,
The fathomless seas of time, to find the future's pearl.

The alchemist of the West has turned stone into glass
But my alchemy has transmuted glass into flint

Pharaohs of today have stalked me in vain;
But I fear not; I am blessed with Moses' wand.

The flame that can set afire a dark, sunless wood,
Will not be throttled by a straw afloat in the wind.

Love is self-awareness; love is self-knowledge;
Love cares not for the palaces and the power of kings.

I will not wonder if I reach even the moon and the stars,
For I have hitched my wagon to the star. of all stars.

First among the wise, last of the Prophets,
Who gave a speck of dust the brightness of the Mount.

He is the first and last in the eyes of love;
He is the Word of God. He is the Word of God.

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O wave! Plunge headlong

O wave! Plunge headlong into the dark seas,
And change thyself with many a twist and turn;
Thou wast not born for tile solace of the shore;
Arise, untamed, and find a path for thyself.

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O Cup-bearer

O Cup-bearer! Give me again that wine of love for Thee;
Let me gain the place my soul desires.

My lyrical vein was all but dried up, still
The sheik decrees that, too, should be choked to death.

No trail now blazes in new fields of thought,
But blind slaves of sufies and mullahs survive.

Who snatched away the piercing sword of love?
Knowledge is left with an empty sheath alone.

With a luminous soul the power of song is life;
With a darkened soul that power is eternal death.

A full moon glistens in Thy brimful cup;
Deprive me not of its silver beams at night.

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Lab Pe Ati Hai Dua Ban Ky By Allama Iqbal in English

Lab Pe Ati Hai Dua Ban Ky in english

My longing comes to my lips as supplication of mine O God!
May like the candle be the life of mine!

May the world's darkness disappear through the life of mine!
May every place light up with the sparkling light of mine!

May my homeland through me attain elegance
As the garden through flowers attains elegance

May my life like that of the moth be, O Lord!
May I love the lamp of knowledge, O Lord!

May supportive of the poor my life's way be
May loving the old, the suffering my way be

O God! Protect me from the evil ways
Show me the path leading to the good ways

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Secrets of the Self poem by Allama Iqbal

Allama Iqbal in his poem "Secrets of the Self" has exhorted the Muslim women to be like the sister of Umar:

"O Muslim women;
Out of the evening create a new dazzling morn.
To the true lovers of God,
Recite the Holy Qur'an
And enthusiastically translate
Its spirit into action
Don't vou know that such recitation
Changed altogether Umar's fate."

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Bright are Thy tresses

Bright are Thy tresses, brighten them even more,
And ravish my eyes, ravish my mind, ravish my heart and soul.

That love should be concealed, and beauty should be veiled!
Reveal Thyself to me, O Lord, or reveal me to myself.

Thou art the eternal ocean; I am a rivulet.,
Make me a part of Thee, O Lord, or make me fathomless.

If I possess a pearl within, give it a starry lustre,
But if I am a piece of brick, give it a diamond’s sheen.

If of spring I cannot sing as a bird of paradise,
Make this half—enraptured soul a skylark of Thy spring.

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Beyond the stars are yet other worlds

Beyond the stars are yet other worlds

There are yet more trials of love ahead!


These extensive vistas do not exist in the void of lower life:

There are hundreds of other caravans here!


Do not be content with this world of colour and scent:

There are yet other gardens; other nests!


Why grieve if this one nest be lost?

There are yet more places for clamor and complaint!


You are the royal falcon; soaring is your pursuit:

Before you are yet other firmaments (to soar up to)!

Do not lose yourself by being enmeshed in this day and night (i.e. in serial time):

You have yet another Time (as pure Duration) and yet other spaces (to conquer)!


The days are gone when I was alone in thin gathering:

Now here I have confidants as well!

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Kon kehta hai muhabbat ki zuban hoti hai

Kon kehta hai muhabbat ki zuban hoti hai
Yeah haqeeqat to nigahoon se bayan hoti hai

Wo na aaye to satati hai khalish see dil ko
Wo jo aaye to khalish aur jawan hoti hai

Rooh ko shad keray dil ko jo purnoor keray
Her nazaaray main yeah tanveer kahan hoti hai

Sabt-e-selaabay muhabbat ko kahan tuk rokay
Dil main jo baat ho aankho se ayaan hoti hai

Zindagi ik sulgati C chita hai `Dosto'
Shola banti hai na yeah bhuj ke dhuwaan hoti hai

Kon kehta hai muhabbat ki zuban hoti hai
Yeah haqeeqat to nigahoon se bayan hoti hai...!!

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Wo dil hi kia tere milnay ki jo dua na keray

Wo dil hi kia tere milnay ki jo dua na keray
main tujh ko bhool ke zinda rahoon khuda na keray

rahay ga sath tera payar zindagi ban ker
yeah aur baat hai mairy zindagi wafa na keray

yeah theek hai nahien merta koi judai main
khuda kisi se kisi ko mager juda na keray

suna hai us ko muhabbat duien detien hain
jo dil pe choot to khaye mager gilla na keray

zamana dekh chuka hai parakh chuka hai use
Qateel jaan se jaye mager iltjah na keray

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Aankh se aankh milata hai koi

Aankh se aankh milata hai koi
Dil ko Chura liye jata hai koi

Vaa-e-hairat ki bhari mehafil main
Mujh ko tanha nazer ata hai koi

Chahiye Khud pe yaqeen-e-kaamil
Hosla kis ka bharhata hai koi

Sab karishmaat-e-tasawur hai "RAAZ"
varna ata hai na jata hai koi... !!

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Miley Jo Mohabbat To Izhaar Kar Lena

Miley Jo Mohabbat To Izhaar Kar Hi Dena,
Na Jane Kis Mod Par Bichad Jaye Woh,Phir Na Milne Ke Liye,
Miley Jo Pyaar To Dil Beqarar Kar Hi Lena.

Aaye Jo Yaad Unki Is Duniya Ki Bheed Mai,
Mehfil Me Na Sahi,Tanhai Me Aankhe Zaar-Zaar Kar Lena.

Miley Jo Mandir, Masjid, Ya Ho Namaz Kahi,
Unki Salamati Ki Dua Khuda Se Baar Baar Kar Lena.

Mehfil Me Mil Jaye Woh Agar Tanha Baithe Hue,
Nazre Mila Ke Unse Aankhe Char Kar Lena.

Hota Nahi Sabka Naseeb Sitaro Jaisa,
Mil Jaye Jo Chaand To Deedar Kar Lena.
Miley Jo Mohabbat To Izhaar Kar Hi Lena.

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Umeed Lagha Rakhi Hai

Har sham chirago se saja rakhi hai
par shart hawaon se lga rakhi hai

Jis gali sy hy umeed tery aany ki
Wo gali phoolon sy saja rakhi hy

Chokhat sy takra k kahin gir jaye na tu
isi khadshy sy dewar b gira rakhi hy

Sath ho koi mry ,tujhy bura na lagy
Rooh bhi apny jism sy juda rakhi hy

Isi aas sy k kabhi to wo aye ga ALI
Dheery dheery apni sans chala rakhi hy

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Tu Abhi Rahguzar Mein Hai By Allama Iqbal

tu abhi rahguzar mein hai qaid-e-makam se guzar
misr-o-hijaz se guzar, paires-o-sham se guzar

jis ka amal hai be-garaz, us ki jaza kuch aur hai
hur-o-khayam se guzar, bada-o-jam se guzar

garche hai dilkusha bahot husn-e-firang ki bahar
tayarek buland bal dana-o-dam se guzar

koh shigaf teri zarab tujhse kushad sharq-o-garab
teze-hilahal ki tarah aish-o-nayam se guzar

tera imam be-huzur, teri namaz be-surur
aisi namaz se guzar, aise imam smumkin hai ke tu jisako samajhata hai baharan e guzar

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Utho Meri Dunya K Garibon By Allama Iqbal

Utho Meri Dunya K Garibon

utho meri dunya k garibon ko jaga do
khak-e-umra k dar-o-diwar hila do

garmao gulamon ka lahu soz-e-yaqin se
kunjishk-e-phiromaya ko shahin se lara do

sultani-e-jamahur ka ata hai zamana
jo naqsh-e-kuhan tum ko nazar aye mita do

jis khet se dahqan ko mayassar nahin rozi
us khet k har khosha-e-gandum ko jala do

kyon khaliq-o-makhluq mein hayal rahen parde
piran-e-kalisa ko kalisa se hata do

main nakhush-o-bezar hun marmar k silon se
mere liye mitti ka haram aur bana do

tahazib-e-nawin kargah-e-shishagaran hai
adab-e-junun shayr-e-mashriq ko sikha do

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Tere Ishq Ki Intaha By Allama Iqbal

Tere Ishq Ki Intaha

tere ishq ki intaha chahta hun
meri sadgi dekh kya chahta hun

sitam ho k ho wada-e-behijabi
koi bat sabr-azma chahta hun

ye jannat mubarak rahe zahidon ko
k main ap ka samna chahta hun

koi dam ka mehman hun ai ahl-e-mahfil
chirag-e-sahar hun, bujha chahta hun

bhari bazm mein raz ki bat kah di
bara be-adab hun, saza chahta hun

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Sitaron Se Age Jahan By Allama Iqbal

Sitaron Se Age Jahan

sitaron se age jahan aur bhi hain
abhi ishq k imtihan aur bhi hain

tahi zindagi se nahin ye fazayen
yahan saikaron karawan aur bhi hain

kanat na kar alam-e-rang-o-bu par
chaman aur bhi, ashiyan aur bhi hain

agar kho gaya ek nasheman to kya gam
maqamat-e-ah-o-fugan aur bhi hain

tu shahin hai parwaz hai kam tera
tere samne asman aur bhi hain

isi roz-o-shab mein ulajh kar na rah ja
k tere zamin-o-makan aur bhi hain

gae din k tanha tha main anjuman mein
yahan ab mere razadan aur bhi hain

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Mohabbat Ka Junun By Allama Iqbal

Mohabbat Ka Junun

mohabbat ka junun baqi nahin hai
musalmanon mein khun baqi nahin hai

safen kaj, dil pareshan, sajda bezuk
k jazba-e-andrun baqi nahin hai

ragon mein lahu baqi nahin hai
wo dil, wo awaz baqi nahin hai

namaz-o-roza-o-qurbani-o-haj
ye sab baqi hai tu baqi nahin hai

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Jinhen Main Dhundhta Tha By Allama Iqbal

Jinhen Main Dhundhta Tha

jinhen main dhundhta tha asmanon mein zaminon mein
wo nikle mere zulmat-e-khana-e-dil k makinon mein

mahine wasl k ghariyon ki surat urte jate hain
magar ghariyan judai ki guzarti hai mahinon mein

mujhe rokega tu ai nakhuda kya garq hone se
k jin ko dubna hai dub jate hain safinon mein

jala sakti hai sham-e-kushta ko mauj-e-nafas un ki
ilahi kya chupa hota hai ahal-e-dil k sinon mein

tamanna dard-e-dil ki ho to kar khidmat faqiron ki
nahin milta ye gauhar badshahon k khazinon mein

muhabbat k liye dil dhundh koi tutnewala
ye wo mai hai jise rakhte hain nazuk abginon mein

bura samajhun unhen mujh se to aisa ho nahin sakta
k main khud bhi to hun "Iqbal" apne nuktachinon mein

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Gulzar-E-Hast-O-Bu By Allama Iqbal

Gulzar-E-Hast-O-Bu

gulzar-e-hast-o-bu na beganawar dekh
hai dekhne ki chiz ise bar bar dekh

aya hai to jahan mein misal-e-sharar dekh
dam de najaye hasti-e-napayedar dekh

mana k teri did k qabil nahin hun main
tu mera shauq dekh mera intzar dekh

kholi hain zauq-e-did ne ankhein teri to phir
har rahguzar mein naqsh-e-kaf-e-pay-e-yar dekh

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Lab Pe Ati Hai Dua Ban Ky By Allama Iqbal

Lab Pe Ati Hai Dua Ban K

lab pe ati hai dua ban k tamnna meri
zindagi shamma ki surat ho Khudaya meri

dur duniya ka mere dam andhera no jaye
har jagah mere chamakne se ujala ho jaye

ho mere dam se yun hi mere watan ki zinat
jis tarah phul se hoti hai chaman ki zinat

zindagi ho meri parwane ki surat ya rab
ilm ki shamma se ho mujhko mohabbat ya rab

ho mera kam garibon ki himayat karna
dard-mandon se zaifon se mohabbat karna

mere Allah burai se bachana mujhko
neik jo rah ho us rah pe chalana mujhko

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