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ummeed

lo aaj ham ne toR diyaa rishtaa-e-ummeed
lo ab kabhii gilaa na kareNge kisii se ham
[Sahir Ludianvi]

[rishtaa = relationship; gilaa = complaint]

bas ab to daaman-e-dil chhoR do bekaar ummeedo
bahut dukh sah liye maiN ne, bahut din jii liyaa maiN ne
[Sahir Ludianvi]

chhin ga_ii aaKhirii umeed bhii dil se "Ashaar"
ye sahaaraa hai ki ab koii sahaaraa na rahaa
[Habib Ahmed Ashaar]

na jaane kis liye ummeed_waar baiThaa hooN
ik aisii raah pe jo terii rah_guzar bhii nahiiN
[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]

[ummeed_waar = hopeful

yooN to har shaam ummeedoN pe guzar jaatii thii
aaj kuchh baat hai jo shaam pe ronaa aayaa
[Shakil Badayuni]

sau sau ummeedeN baNdhatii haiN ik ik nigaah par
mujh ko na aise pyaar se dekhaa kare koii
[Sir Mohammad Iqbal]

kuchh kaTii himmat-e-sawaal meN umr
kuchh ummeed-e-jawaab meN guzarii
[Fani Badayuni]

[himmat-e-sawaal = courage to ask; ummeed-e-jawaab = hope of a reply]

na koii waadaa na koii yaqeeN, na koii ummeed
magar hameN to teraa intazaar karanaa thaa
[Firaq Gorakhpuri]

[yaqeeN = certainty]

kam se kam maut se aisii mujhe ummeed nahiiN
ziNdagii too ne to dhoke pe diyaa hai dhokaa
[Firaq Gorakhpuri]

ham ko un se wafaa kii hai ummeed
jo nahiiN jaanate wafaa kyaa hai
[Mirza Galib]

rahii naa taaqat-e-guftaar aur agar ho bhii
to kis ummeed pe kahiye ke aarzoo kyaa hai
[Mirza Galib]

[taaqat-e-guftaar = strength for conversation; aarwzoo = desire]

hameN phir un se ummeed aur unheN hamaarii qadr
whamaarii baat hii poochheN na vo, to kyoNkar ho
[Mirza Galib]

[qadr = value/appreciation]

kahate haiN jeete haiN ummeed pe log
ham ko jeene kii bhii ummeed nahiiN
[Mirza Galib]

munhasir marane pe ho jis kii ummeed
naa-ummeedii us kii dekhaa chaahiye
[Mirza Galib]

[munhasir = dependent on]

ba hujoom-e-naaumeedii Khaak meN mil jaa_egii
ye jo ik lazzat hamaarii sa_i-e-behaasil meN hai
[Mirza Galib]

[hujoom = crowd; lazzat = taste/deliciousness]
[sa_i = attempt/endeavour; sa_i-e-behaasil = futile attempt/effort]

ko_ii ummeed bar nahiiN aatii
ko_ii surat nazar nahiiN aatii
[Mirza Galib]

[bar = bear fruit; ummeed bar aanaa = realization of one's hopes]

ummeed-e-shifaa bhii nahiiN biimaar ko tere
allaah se maayoos huaa bhii nahiiN jaataa
[S. Jaayasi]

[shifaa = cure/recovery; maayoos = disappointed]

saarii ummeed rahii jaatii hai
haay, phir subah hu_ii jaatii hai
['Bismil' Azimabadi]

ummeed to baNdh jaatii taskiiN to ho jaatii
waadaa na wafaa karate waadaa to kiyaa hotaa
[Charagh Hasan ' Hasrat ']

[taskiiN = peace/comfort/consolation]

miT chale merii ummeedoN kii tarah harf magar
aaj tak tere KhatoN se terii Khushboo na ga_ii
[Akhtar Shirani]

[harf = a letter of the alphabet]

tum aise kaun Khudaa ho ki umr bhar tum se
ummeed bhii rakkhooN naa-ummeed bhii na rahooN
[Altaf Husain Hali]

bahut taweel shab-e-Gam hai kyaa kiyaa jaaye
ummeed-e-subah bahut kam hai kyaa kiyaa jaaye
[Shamim  Jaipuri]

[taweel = long]

us ke bandoN ko dekh kar kahiye
ham ko ummeed kyaa Khudaa se rahe
[Javed Akhtar]

sambhalane de mujhe ai naa-ummeedii kyaa qayaamat hai
ki daamaan-e-Khayaal-e-yaar chhooTaa jaaye hai mujh se
[Mirza Ghalib]

kuchh ummeed-e-karam meN guzarii umr
kuchh ummeed-e-karam meN guzaregii
[Fani Badayuni]

[karam = benevolence/favour]

tark-e-ummeed bas kii baat nahiiN
waranaa ummeed kab bar aatii hai
[Fani Badayuni]

[tark = to give up]

kahate haiN ummeed pe jeetaa hai zamaanaa
wo kyaa kare jis ko ko_ii ummeed nahiiN hai
[Aasi Uldani]

Khalwat-e-ummeed meN roshan hai ab tak wo chiraaG
jis se uThataa hai qariib-e-shaam yaadoN kaa dhuaaN
[Hasan Naeem]

[Khalwat = solitude]

ilaahii kaamayaabii rah_numaa ho
ko_ii ummeed-vaaraanaa chalaa hai
[Azad Ansari]

[ilaahii = God; kaamayaabii = success; rahanoomaa = guide]
[ummeed-vaaraanaa = with hope/hopeful]
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