Top 20 Sher by Akbar Allahabadi

hum aah bhi karte hain to ho jate hain badnam wo qatl bhi karte hain to charcha nahin hota i do suffer slander, when i merely sigh she gets away with murder, no mention of it nigh

ishq nazuk-mizaj hai behad aql ka bojh utha nahin sakta

duniya mein hun duniya ka talabgar nahin hun bazar se guzra hun kharidar nahin hun i live in this world tho for life i do not vie i pass through the market but i do not wish to buy

paida hua wakil to shaitan ne kaha lo aaj hum bhi sahib-e-aulad ho gae seeing the lawyer born, satan was moved to say lo and behold i have become a father today

haya se sar jhuka lena ada se muskura dena hasinon ko bhi kitna sahl hai bijli gira dena how easy is for these maidens to make the lightening fall

mazhabi bahs main ne ki hi nahin faltu aql mujh mein thi hi nahin from sectarian debate refrained for i was not so scatter-brained

jo kaha main ne ki pyar aata hai mujh ko tum par hans ke kahne laga aur aap ko aata kya hai laughing, she inquired when, i said "i love you" is there anything else at all that you know to do

rahta hai ibaadat mein hamein maut ka khatka hum yaad-e-khuda karte hain, kar le na khuda yaad as i pray i am afraid that death should not befall while i do remember god, he should not recall

akbar dabe nahin kisi sultan ki fauj se lekin shahid ho gae biwi ki nauj se

hum aisi kul kitaben qabil-e-zabti samajhte hain ki jin ko padh ke ladke bap ko khabti samajhte hain we do deem all those books fit for confiscation that sons read and think their father

main bhi graduate hun tum bhi graduate ilmi mubahise hon zara pas aa ke let

hangama hai kyun barpa thodi si jo pi li hai daka to nahin mara chori to nahin ki hai barely have i sipped a bit, why should this uproar be it's not that i've commited theft or daylight robbery

ba bhi pas hon mile bi-bi bhi dil-pasand mehnat ki hai wo baat ye qismat ki baat hai

lipat bhi ja na ruk 'akbar' ghazab ki beauty hai nahin nahin pe na ja ye haya ki duty hai

ghazab hai wo ziddi bade ho gae main leta to uth ke khade ho gae

jo waqt-e-khatna main chikha to nai ne kaha hans kar musalmani mein taqat khun hi bahne se aati hai

haqiqi aur majazi shaeri mein farq ye paya ki wo jame se bahar hai ye pajame se bahar hai

is qadar tha khatmalon ka chaarpai mein hujum wasl ka dil se mere arman rukhsat ho gaya

coat aur patlun jab pahna to mister ban gaya jab koi taqrir ki jalse mein leader ban gaya donning fancy clothes beame a gentlean avowed and turned into a leader on speaking to a crowd,

dhamka ke bose lunga rukh-e-rashk-e-mah ka chanda wasul hota hai sahab dabaw se