حسرت پہ اس مسافر بے کس کی روئیے
جو تھک گیا ہو بیٹھ کے منزل کے سامنے
غلام ہمدانی مصحفی –
hasrat pe us musafir-e-be-kas ki roiye
jo thak gaya ho baith ke manzil ke samne
– Ghulam Hamdani Mushafi
हसरत पे उस मुसाफ़िर-ए-बे-कस की रोइए
जो थक गया हो बैठ के मंज़िल के सामने
– ग़ुलाम हमदानी मुसहफ़ी
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spare your tears for that helpless traveler’s wistful state
who, exhausted by travel, sits at the sight of his destined fate
Shaikh Ghulam Hamdani (1750-1824) is considered to be one of the masters of classical Urdu ghazal. He was born in Akbarpur in Amroha district in the year 1750. He studied in Delhi,45 where he began his poetry, but later on migrated to Lucknow in 1783, having gained the patronage of Mirza Sulaiman Shikoh. He died in Lucknow. Before his time, Urdu was known as Hindustani, Hindustani, Dakni, or Rekhta. Mashafi was the first person to simply call this language Urdu. He migrated to Lucknow during the reign of Asaf-ud-Daula; he was a prolific writer whose ghazals are full of pathos. Source: Wikipedia
واہ ۔ ہم کو اس شعر کی تلاش تھی- بہت شکریا- ہم اسے اپنے بلا گ پر بھی ڈال رہے ہیں-