10 Powerful Shayaris About Love

Over the years, a lot of well known poets and philosophers have talked about love in their writings. Here are 10 powerful shayaris about love handpicked by me!

"Na ji bhar ke dekha na kuch baat ki, Badi aarzu thi mulaquaat ki."

Bashir Badr

Bashir Sahab has beautifully described that feeling of meeting someone that you wanted to meet for a long time, but couldn't spend time with when you actually met them. These two lines are exactly what someone feels after that.

"Aziz itna hi rakho ke ji sambhal jaaye, Ab iss qadar bhi na chaho ke dam nikal jaaye."

Obaidullah Aleem

Taking about love, Obaidullah Aleem says to love in limit, because if you love someone limitlessly they might end up breaking your heart which won't be good for you.

"Hosh waalon ko khabar kya bekhudi kya cheez hai, Ishq kije phir samajhiye zindagi kya cheez hai,"

Nida Fazil

In these two lines, Nida Fazil the feeling of love by saying that those who don't love, don't know what life is. One can only understand life by falling in love. It is important to lose one's consciousness to understand the depth of love and life.

"Mohabbat mein nahi hai farak jeene aur marne ka, Ussi ko dekh kar jeete hai jis kaafir par dum nikle,"

Mirza Ghalib

Ghalib has the most apt thing to say about love. In these two lines, he talks about how being love leaves no different between life and death since he lives looking at the person who takes away his breath.

"Aur kya dekhne ko baaki hai, Aapse dil lagaakar dekh liya."

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

In these very beautiful lines, Faiz describes loving someone. He tells how it is enough to give someone your heart in love for a hopeless romantic.

"Ranjish hi sahi dil hi dukhaane ke liye aa, Aa phirse mujhe chodh ke jaane ke liye aa."

Ahmad Faraz

Faraz speaks to the lover who broke his heart, in these two lines, Asking them to come back one more time even if it is to break his heart and leave him again.

"Ishq nazuk mijaaz hai behad, Aql ka bojh utha nahi sakta."

Akbar Allahabadi

In these two lines, Akbar Allahbadi calls love stupid, making a joke about how people stop using their brains when in love.

"Tumhara dil mere dil ke barabar ho nahi sakta, Vo sheesha ho nahi sakta ye pathhar ho nahi sakta."

Dagh Dehlvi

In this beautiful comparison between his heart and the person who broke his heart, Dagh Dehlvi says their hearts can never be alike as their heart can never be a glass and his heart can never be a stone. It is a reference to how stones break glasses and some people are called stone hearted commonly.

"Zindagi kis tarah basar hogi, Dil nahi lag raha mohabbat mein."

Jaun Eliya

In these two lines, Jaun Eliya sahab makes a joke about how everyone says it is important to find love by saying how will he spend his life now since is unable to enjoy romancing people.

"Tum zamaane ki raah se aaye, Varna seedha tha raasta dil ka"

Baqi Siddiqui Baqi Siddiqui talks to the people who find ways of loving him by saying that you came from the way of society or else there was a straight way to his heart that they did not take keeping in mind the norms of the society,. Which one's your favorite? Comment below!