✒️ Poetry of the Day

Today's verses

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

یہ نہ تھی ہماری قسمت کہ وصالِ یار ہوتا

اگر اور جیتے رہتے یہی انتظار ہوتا

— Mirza Ghalib

Roman Urdu & meaning

Ye na thi hamari qismat ke visaal-e-yaar hota

Agar aur jeete rehte yahi intezaar hota

It was not my fate to be united with my beloved; had I lived longer, it would have been the same waiting.

English poetry

No coward soul is mine,

No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere:

— Emily Brontë, No Coward Soul Is Mine