Dil hi to hai na sang-o-Khisht dard se bhar na aaye kyuun
roenge ham hazaar baar koii hamen sataaye kyuun
~ Mirza Ghalib ~
Dil Hijr kay dard say Bojhul hay, ab aan milo to behtar hay
is baat say hum ko kya matlab, yah kaisay ho, yah kyunkar ho
Ik Bheek kay dono kasey hain, Ik pyas kay dono piysay hain,
Hum Khaiti hain, tum badal ho, hum nadya hain tum sagar ho
Yeh dil hay kay jaltay seenay may, ik dard ka phora alhar sa
Na Gupat rahay Na phoot bahay, koi marham ho koi nishtar ho
Hum sanjh samay ki chaya hain, Tum Chahrtay raat ka chandarma
Hum Jaatey hain tum aatay ho, Phir mail ki soorat kyunkar ho
Ab Husn ka rutba aali hay, ab Husn say Sehra Khali hay
Chal basti may banjara ban, Chal Nagri may saudagar ho
Ab Inshaji ko bulana kya, ab pyaar kay deep jalana kya
Jub dhoop aur chahya aik say hoon, Jub Din aur Raat barabar ho
~IBN-E-INSHA~
Mirza Ghalib’s ‘Dil hi to hai’ sung by Jagjit Singh in Gulzar’s ‘Mirza Ghalib’
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Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan was a renowned classical Urdu and Persian poet of the subcontinent. Most notably, he wrote several ghazals during his life, which have since been interpreted and sung in many different ways by different people. He is considered to be the most dominating poet of the Urdu language.