✒️ Poetry of the Day

Today's poetry

A sher from the masters of Urdu poetry and a poem from English literature, every day. Read, share it on WhatsApp, or save it as a picture.

اردو شاعری · Urdu

ہم آہ بھی کرتے ہیں تو ہو جاتے ہیں بدنام

وہ قتل بھی کرتے ہیں تو چرچا نہیں ہوتا

— Akbar Allahabadi

Roman Urdu & meaning

Hum aah bhi karte hain to ho jaate hain badnaam

Wo qatl bhi karte hain to charcha nahin hota

If I so much as sigh, I am disgraced; they commit murder and no one even talks of it.

English poetry

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses