Welcome to the Urdu Poetry Archive! Urdu poetry is like a vast ocean. Walking along its shores on the sands of time, I have gathered a few gems that I would like to share with you.
Heaven gave us a special gift to make life worthwhile– someone who would always be there to lift our spirit and make us smile; someone with a loving heart filled with tenderness, to share every tear, and each success. Yes, God, in his special way, blessed us with a wonderful mother, the one we always love more than any other.
ماں ایک خوشبو ہے جس سے سارا جہاں مہک اٹھتا ہے
ماں ایک چھاؤں ہے جس کے پاس سستانے سے ساری تھکن اتر جاتی ہے
ماں ایک دعا ہے جو سر پہ سدا سایہ فگن ہوتی ہے
ماں ایک مشعل ہے جو ہمیشہ راہ دکھاتی ہے
ماں ایک ایسی آہ بھی ہے جو سیدھی عرش پر جاتی ہے
ماں جو اپنے پہلوٹھی کے بچے کو لیئے پھول سی کھل جاتی ہے
کہ کیسے اسے سلائے، کھلائے، پلائے، دیکھ دیکھ مسکرائے
اپنی گود میں ایک نازک کھلونے کی طرح لیئے حفاظت کرتی ہے
بدلتے موسموں کی سختیوں میں بچاتی ہے
صحت و تندرستی کے ساتھ پالتی ہے
دکھ درد تکلیف میں بھی اوس کے قطروں کی طرح مسکراتی ہے
ماں، جس کی محبت پاش نظروں کا حصار چاند کے ہالے سے زیادہ خوبصورت ہے
جو بیٹیوں کو دعائیں دیتے نہیں تھکتی
جو بیٹوں کی بلائیں اتارتے نہں تھکتی
اسی لیئے ٬ماں٬ کسی کی بھی ہو لیکن عظیم ہوتی ہے
اس کے قدموں تلے جنت ہوتی ہے۔
Gold Wrapping Paper
The story goes that some time ago a mother punished her five year old daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.
Money was tight and she became even more upset when the child used the gold paper to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.
Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the next morning and then said, “This is for you, Momma.”
The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her anger flared again when she opened the box and found it was empty. She spoke to her daughter in a harsh manner.
“Don’t you know, young lady, when you give someone a present there’s supposed to be something inside the package?”
She had tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Momma, it’s not empty! I blew kisses into it until it was full.”
The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around her little girl, and she begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger.
An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of her life.
Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems she would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings, have been given a Golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and GOD.
There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.