Zindagi kya hai ek purani haveli jaisi,
Jahan har kone mein koi purani yaad basti hai.
About Gulzar
Late 20th - 21st Century (Contemporary)Sampooran Singh Kalra, known professionally as Gulzar, is an Academy Award-winning Indian poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director. His poetry is celebrated for its rich imagery, colloquial warmth, and keen observation of modern human relationships.
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Aane wala pal jaane wala hai,
Ho sake to isme zindagi bita lo, pal ye jo jaane wala hai.
Dino ke faasle badh rahe hain,
Jaise koi purani kitaab ka panna dhool mein kho raha ho.
Haath chhute bhi to rishtey nahi chhuta karte,
Waqt ki shaakh se lamhe nahi tuta karte.
“Even if hands let go, relationships do not break — moments do not snap off from the branch of time.”
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About the Shayari Tradition
Shayari is the art of expressing the deepest human emotions through precisely crafted verse — a tradition that spans over five centuries of Urdu and Hindi literature. The couplet form (Sher) at its heart is one of poetry's most demanding and rewarding structures: in just two lines, a great shayar must create a complete emotional world.
The poets in our collection — from classical masters like Mirza Ghalib and Meer Taqi Meer to modern legends like Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Gulzar — represent the full range of this tradition. Each couplet has been selected for literary merit, verified for correct attribution, and presented with the cultural context that helps it reach its full depth.