Urdu Poetry / Shayari

Faiz Ahmad Faiz Urdu Shayari

Mujhse pahli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang
maine samjha tha ke tu hai to daraKshaaN hai hayaat
tera gham hai to gham-e-dahar ka jhagaDa kya hai
teri surat se hai aalam meiN bahaaroN ko sabaat
teri aankhoN ke siwa duniya mein rakhaa kyaa hai

tu jo mil jaaye to takadeer nigon ho jaaye
youn na tha, main ne faqat chaahaa tha youN ho jaae
aur bhi dukh hain zamaane meiN mohabbat ke siwa
raahaten aur bhi hain vasl ki raahat ke siwa
mujh se pehali si mohabbat, mere mehboob, na maaNg

anginat sadiyoN ke taarik bahimaanaa talism
resham-o-atalas-o-kimkhaab se saje jism
khaak meiN lithaDe hue khooN meiN nahalaaye huye
jism nikale hue amaraaz ke tanavvuroN se
pip bahati hui galate hue naasu=uroN se
laut jaati hai idhar ko bhi nazar kyaa kije
ab bhi dilakash hai teraa husn, magar kya kije

aur bhi gham hain zamaane meiN mohabbat ke siwa
raahateiN aur bhi haiN vasl ki raahat ke siwa
mujh se pahali si mohabbat, mere mehboob, na maaNg

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Sahal yun rah-e-zindagi ki hai
her kadam hum ne ashiqi hai

hum ne saja dil mein liye gulshan
jab baharon ne berukhi ki hai

zehar se dhoo liye hain hont apne
lutf-e-saqi ne jab kami ki hai

tere koche mein badshahi ki
jab se nikle gadagari ki hai

bus wohi surkhro hoa jis ne
behr-e-khoon mein shanawari ki hai

jo guzarte hte daag per sadmein
ab wohi kaifiat sabhi ki hai

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Qurb Key Na Wafa Key Hote Hain
Sary Jhagre Ana Key Hote Hain
Wo Humara Hai Is Tarha Se Faiz
Jaise Bande Khuda Key Hote Hain

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himat-e-iltija nahi baqi
zabt ka hosla nahi baqi

ik teri deid chin gayi mujh se
warna duniya mein kya nahi baqi

apni mashqe sitam se hath na kench
mein nahi yad-e-wafa nahi baqi

teri chishm-e-alam nawaz ki khair
dil mein koi gila nahi baqi

ho chuka khatam-e- ehad hijr-o-wisal
zindagi mein maza nahi baqi

A Prison Evening by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Each star a rung,
night comes down the spiral
staircase of the evening.
The breeze passes by so very close
as if someone just happened to speak of love.
In the courtyard,
the trees are absorbed refugees
embroidering maps of return on the sky.
On the roof,
the moon – lovingly, generously -
is turning the stars
into a dust of sheen.
From every corner, dark-green shadows,
in ripples, come towards me.
At any moment they may break over me,
like the waves of pain each time I remember
this separation from my lover.

This thought keeps consoling me:
though tyrants may command that lamps be smashed
in rooms where lovers are destined to meet,
they cannot snuff out the moon, so today,
nor tomorrow, no tyranny will succeed,
no poison of torture make me bitter,
if just one evening in prison
can be so strangely sweet,
if just one moment anywhere on this earth.

Loneliness by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Someone is at the door again, my weeping heart, no, no one
Perhaps a passerby, who will go somewhere else

The night has passed, waiting, the star-dust is settling
Sleepy candle-flames are flickering in distant palaces
Every pathway has passed into sleep, tired of waiting
Alien dust has smudged all traces of footsteps

Blow out the candles, let the wine and cup flow
Close and lock your sleepless doors

No one, no one will come here now.
Hasrat-e-deed mein guzraan hain zamaney kab se
Dasht-e-umeed mein gardaan hain dawaney kab se

Der se ankh mein utra nahin askhon ka azaab
Apne zimey hain tera farz najaney kab se

Kis tarah paak ho be-arzu lamhon ka azaab
Dard aya nahin darbaar sjanaey kab se

Sar Karo saaz ke cherrein koi dil sooz ghazal
Dhoondta hai dil-e-shoreeda bahaney kab se

Pur karo jaam ke shayed ho isi lahta rawaan
Rok rakha hai jo ik teer kazzaa ne kab se

Faiz phir kab kisi maktal mein karain ge abad
Lab pe veeran hain shaheedon ke fasaney kab se

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Dil mein ab yun tere bhooley howey gham ate hain
Jese bichre huye kaabey mein sanam ate hain

Ek ek kar ke huye jate hain diye tarey roshan
Meri manzil ki taraf tere kadam ate hain

Raqs-e-meh tez karo, Saaz ki leh tez karo
Suye meh-khana safeeran-e-haram ate hain

Kuch humain tou nahin ehsan uthaney ka dimagh
Woh tou jab ate hain mayel be-karam ate hain

Aur kuch der na guzrey shab-e-furkat se kaho
Dil bhi kam dukhta hai, woh yaad bhi kam ate hain

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aiye hath uthayen ham bhi
ham jinhen rasm-e-dua yad nahin
ham jinhen soz-e-mohabbat k siwa
koi but, koi khuda yad nahin

aiye arz guzaren ki nigar-e-hasti
zahar-e-imaroz main shirini-e-fardan bhar de
wo jinhen tabe garanbari-e-ayyam nahin
unki palkon pe shab-o-roz ko halka kar de

jinki ankhon ko rukh-e-subh ka yara bhi nahin
unki raton main koi shama munawwar kar de
jin k qadamon ko kisi rah ka sahara bhi nahin
unki nazron pe koi rah ujagar kar de

jinka din pairavi-e-kazbo-riya hai unko
himmat-e-kufr mile, jurat-e-tahaqiq mile
jink sar muntazir-e-teg-e-jafa hain unko
dast-e-qatil ko jhatak dene ki taufiq mile

ishq ka sarr-e-nihan jan-tapan hai jis se
aj iqrar karen aur tapish mit jaye
harf-e-haq dil main khatakta hai jo kante ki tarah
aj izhar karen or khalish mit jaye

فیض احمد فیض Faiz Ahmad Faiz was born on February 13, 1911 – November 20, 1984 was a Pakistani intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language & Shayri. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind by All India Progressive Writers’ Movement and an avowed Marxist. In 1962, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union. Despite being repeatedly accused of atheism by the political and military establishment of Pakistan, Faiz’s poetry suggested his complicated relationship with religion in general and Islam in particular. He was, nevertheless, inspired by South Asia’s Sufi traditions.