دل کی ویرانی کا کیا مذکور ہے
یہ نگر سو مرتبہ لوٹا گیا
— Mir Taqi Mir
Roman Urdu & meaning
Dil ki veerani ka kya mazkoor hai
Ye nagar sau martaba loota gaya
Why speak of the heart's desolation? This city has been plundered a hundred times.
Verses of Wednesday 21 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.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
— William Blake, Auguries of Innocence