Classical · 1721–1785 · Delhi – Delhi
Khwaja Mir Dard was a Sufi mystic and poet, counted alongside Mir and Sauda as one of the three pillars of the eighteenth-century Urdu ghazal. His verse is suffused with mystical longing and the language of spiritual devotion, distinguishing it from the worldly tone of his contemporaries.
tohmatein chand apne zimme dhar chale
jis liye aaye the so hum kar chale
arz-o-sama kahaan teri vus’at ko paa sake
mera hi dil hai wo ke jahaan tu samaa sake
jag mein aa kar idhar udhar dekha
tu hi aaya nazar jidhar dekha
hum tujh se kis hawas ki falak justujoo karein
dil hi nahin raha hai jo kuchh aarzoo karein
dard-e-dil ke waaste paida kiya insaan ko
warna taa’at ke liye kuchh kam na the karro-biyaan
saari umr roya kiye hum
haaye kya din the ke hum bhi the
hasti apni habaab ki si hai
ye numaaish saraab ki si hai
unhin ki yaad mein roya kiye hum
bhula baithe the jab apni khabar ko