✒️ Poetry of the Day

Verses of Tuesday 20 October

A sher from the masters of Urdu poetry and a verse from English literature, every day. Read, share it on WhatsApp, or save it as a picture.

اردو شاعری · Urdu

رنج سے خوگر ہوا انساں تو مٹ جاتا ہے رنج

مشکلیں مجھ پر پڑیں اتنی کہ آساں ہو گئیں

— Mirza Ghalib

Roman Urdu & meaning

Ranj se khugar hua insaan to mit jata hai ranj

Mushkilen mujh par padin itni ke aasaan ho gayin

When one grows used to sorrow, sorrow fades; so many hardships fell on me that they became easy.

English poetry

"Hope" is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune without the words,

And never stops at all.

— Emily Dickinson, "Hope" is the thing with feathers