Momin Khan Momin
Momin Khan Momin

1800–1851 · Delhi

Momin Khan Momin

مومن خان مومن

तुम मेरे पास होते हो गोया

जब कोई दूसरा नहीं होता

About Momin Khan Momin

Momin Khan Momin was one of the most gifted Urdu poets of nineteenth-century Delhi, celebrated for ghazals of extraordinary romantic intensity and technical mastery. Born in 1800 into a family of physicians and scholars, he was a contemporary and rival of Mirza Ghalib, who famously offered to exchange his entire Diwan for a single sher of Momin's. His poetry is marked by its passionate directness, its Sufi undertones, and a command of the ghazal form that few have equalled.

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KULLIYAT

Major Works

Urdu Poetry

The definitive collection — the Diwan Ghalib coveted.

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Urdu Poetry

Collected ghazals spanning his career.

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Urdu · Masnavi

Narrative poems in the masnavi form.

پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsPersian Poetry

His Persian-language divan.

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His own curated selection of finest shers.

پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsUrdu · Medical & Poetic

The physician-poet — medical metaphors of love.

پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsUrdu · Mushaira Verse

The great Delhi mushaira rivalry with Ghalib.

پڑھیں ← Read SelectionsUrdu · Complete Works

Posthumous definitive complete works.

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COMPOSITIONS

नज़्में, ग़ज़लें और अशआर

ग़ज़लc. 1845Diwan-e-Momin

तुम मेरे पास होते हो गोया

تم میرے پاس ہوتے ہو گویا

تم میرے پاس ہوتے ہو گویا

तुम मेरे पास होते हो गोया

جب کوئی دوسرا نہیں ہوتا

जब कोई दूसरا नहीں होता

ग़ज़लc. 1840Ghazaliyat-e-Momin

वो जो हम में तुम में क़रार था

وہ جو ہم میں تم میں قرار تھا

وہ جو ہم میں تم میں قرار تھا

वो जो हम में तुम में क़रार था

تمہیں یاد ہو کہ نہ یاد ہو

तुम्हें याद हो कि न याद हो

ग़ज़लc. 1845Diwan-e-Momin

मैं नहीं मानता

میں نہیں مانتا

میں نہیں مانتا، میں نہیں جانتا

मैं नहीं मानता, मैं नहीं जानता

عشق میں ہار کر جیت جاتے ہیں لوگ

इश्क़ में हार कर जीत जाते हैं लोग

अशआरVariousKulliyat-e-Momin

मशहूर अशआर-ए-मोमिन

مشہور اشعارِ مومن

تم میرے پاس ہوتے ہو گویا

तुम मेरे पास होते हो गोया

جب کوئی دوسرا نہیں ہوتا

जब कोई दूसरा नہیں होता

SHAYARI

Ghazals

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Ghazals by Momin Khan Momin will appear here as they are added.

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