#urduposts

[alwaysdreamingg]

When Faiz Ahmad faiz said “teri surat se hai aalam mai baharon ko sabaat, teri aankhon k siwa duniya mai rakha kya hai” urdu poetry era peaked

[chthonic-empyrean]

آمل أن تجد شخص يلره إيذاء قلبك

I hope you find someone who hates hurting your heart.

[svlmana]

"Gham se ab ghabrana kaisa? Gham sau baar mila."

"After all, how can I be concerned by sadness? I have met sadness a hundred times."

- Sahir L.

[dastur-e-ishq]

We are sinners // but because of your mercy, we keep the lamp of hope ignited in our hearts.

- Abdul Haq Tamanna Siddiqui

[maihonhassan]

Urdu is unnecessarily seductive, like lover means dildar, hurt means dilazari, enchanting means dilfraib, dilgirifta means sad, flirting means dilphishori, and beloved means dilber !

[nemralam]

Ask not of the night of separation; it came, and it passed away

My heart found a way to please itself again; life found a way to get back on track again

Faiz Ahmad Faiz || Written at Jinnah hospital Karachi in 1953

Book : Nuskha Hai Wafa (Pg. 245)

[blogbyher]

When Jaun Elia said Ek hi shakhs ki baat hai maula, Sara jahan kisne manga hai

[heruntoldfeelingss]

Tum manaao toh maine har baat maan jaani hai.

[mehreenkhan]

kya zamana tha ke hum roz mila karte thay

raat bhar chaand ke humrah phira karty thay

jahan tanhayian sar phorh ke so jati hain

in makanon main ajab log raha karte thay

kardia aj zamane ne inhain bhi majbur

kabhi ye log mere dil ki dawa karte thay

dekh kar jo humain chup chap guzar jata hai

kabhi is shakhs ko hum pyaar kia karte thay

itafaqat-e-zamana bhi ajab hain Nasir

aj wo dekh rahy hain jo suna karte thay

-Nasir Kazmi

[aritheartist]

🥀Exquisite Urdu Words

A list of thirty of my favourite Urdu words

Aab-o-Taab: Glory, brightness

Aab-shaar: Waterfall; in poetry, can be used to refer to tears

Afsoon: Magic, sorcery

Aziyyat: Torment

Baad-e-Saba: Morning breeze

Darakht: Tree

Fitnah-pardaazi: Machination; a treacherous or hostile scheme

Faaqa: Starvation

Fardaa: Tomorrow

Gulposh: Adorned or covered with flowers

Khaufzada: Terror-stricken

Khwabeeda: Dreamy

Mashq: Practice, exercise

Mausiqui: Music

Mehr-o-Mah: Sun and moon

Nasheman: Nest; often used to refer to 'home'.

Nawaazish: Kindness, generosity

Parwaaz: Flight

Raqs: Dance

Rauzan: Window

Sabaat: Permanence, stability

Shafaq: Red glow at sunset

Shagufta: Blossoming, flourishing

Sharar: Spark

Shora-e-Kiraam: Gathering of poets

Swaaneh-Umri: Biography

Talkh: Bitter

Teergi: Darkness

Tishnagi: Thirst; a strong desire or longing

Vasl: Passion

[sehrishkhann]

I cannot believe when Sahir Ludhianvi sahab wrote “main thori dair jee to lu nashe ke ghoont pee to lu, abhi toh kuch kaha nahi, abhi toh kuch suna nahi abhi na jao chorh kar ke dil abhi bhara nahi” and expected us not to fall for it.

[alwaysdreamingg]

Pride and Prejudice

[ishqfaramosh]

tere bagair kisi ko dekha nahi maine, sookh gya wo gulaab magar pheka nhi maine

-Wajid Shaikh

[svlmana]

ishq se tabiat ne zist ka maza paya, dard ki dawa pai dard-e-be-dawa paya.

"Through love, I tasted the spirit of life. Curing one pain, it yielded another incurable one."

- Mirza Ghalib

[dastur-e-ishq]

Do not consider him a man, however intelligent or considerate he may be,

The one who forgets Allah in luxury or does not fear Allah at rage.

Paimaan e ghazal avval - Bahadur Shah Zafar

[maihonhassan]

When Bano Qudsia said:

“Duniya ka sab se khoobsurat insaan wohi hai jis se baat karna aasan ho, jis se muskhil mein madad mangna aasan ho, ji dosron ke dukh aur dard mein shamil rahay, jo aanso pochna janta ho, marham lagana janta ho”

she really gave all right reasons to live