Love is the oldest subject in shayari, and it does not need a language to be understood. This page collects original English love shayari from ShayariGarden for the people you miss, the people you are lucky to have close, and the ones who live in a different time zone. After the originals you will find classic Urdu love couplets by Mir Taqi Mir, Hasrat Mohani, Dagh Dehlvi and other poets, each with a simple English meaning. Copy a line for your partner, a long-distance message or an Instagram caption.
Love Shayari in English: 34 original shayari
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You are the quiet in my noisy days,the home I carry wherever I go.
I don't need the whole world to understand me,only you, who learned to read my silence.
Love isn't found in grand promises;it lives in the small things you remember.
If hearts had addresses,yours would be where I always return.
Your smile is the only newsI never get tired of.
Distance is just a testof how far love can travel.
Among a thousand faces,my heart still knows yours.
I fell in love with the way you madeordinary days feel like poetry.
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Some people don't enter your life,they arrive like a season, and everything blooms.
To love you was never a choice;it felt more like coming home.
Love me in my silence, in my mess,in my unfinished sentences.
Time zones may keep us apart,but my good morning always finds you first.
The moon is the same where you are and where I am;look up tonight and meet me there.
I never believed in foreveruntil I looked at you and saw no other way.
In a world of maybe,you were my certainty.
Every love song suddenly makes sensewith your name inside it.
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Your name is my favourite wordthat I never say aloud.
Love is two people choosing each other every day,even on the hard ones.
Hold my hand through the ordinary,and I'll make it extraordinary.
You are not my whole world;you are the reason my world feels whole.
Some feelings don't need words,just you nearby.
Even when we argue,my heart still votes for you.
I'd choose your silenceover anyone else's conversation.
Wherever you areis the only address my heart knows.
My favourite place in the worldis the space beside you.
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You turned my 'someday'into 'today'.
Loving you is quiet, like morning light;it doesn't announce itself, it simply fills the room.
I keep your name in my prayersand your smile in my memory.
Even a thousand miles can't editwhat two hearts have written.
I don't count the days since we met;I count the days I'm grateful for.
With you, even waitingfeels like a kind of arriving.
Your laughter is the soundI'd choose to grow old to.
Some people fall in love with beauty;I fell in love with the way you care.
If love is a language,you are the only poem I know by heart.
Classic Urdu couplets with English meaning
Timeless couplets by classical poets in Roman Urdu, each with a plain English meaning.
Naazuki uske lab ki kya kahiyePankhudi ik gulaab ki si hai
Meaning: How delicate are her lips, what can I say; they are like a rose petal.
- मीर तक़ी मीर
Phool gul shams o qamar saare hi thePar hamein un mein tumhi bhaye bahut
Meaning: Flowers, roses, sun and moon, all were there; but among them all, it was you I liked the most.
- मीर तक़ी मीर
Patta patta boota boota haal hamara jaane haiJaane na jaane gul hi na jaane baagh to saara jaane hai
Meaning: Every leaf and every plant knows my condition; only the Rose does not, though the whole garden does.
- मीर तक़ी मीर
Aaine mein wo dekh rahe the bahaar-e-husnAaya mera khayal to sharma ke reh gaye
Meaning: She was admiring her own beauty in the mirror; when my thought crossed her mind, she blushed.
- हसरत मोहानी
Dil ke do hisse jo kar daale the husn-o-ishq neEk sehra ban gaya aur ek gulshan ho gaya
Meaning: Beauty and love split the heart into two halves: one became a desert, the other a garden.
- नूह नारवी
Kaanton se dil lagao jo ta-umr saath deinPhoolon ka kya jo saans ki garmi na seh sakein
Meaning: Befriend the thorns that stay for life; what use are flowers that cannot bear the warmth of a breath?
- अख़्तर शीरानी
Gulshan-parast hoon mujhe gul hi nahi azeezKaanton se bhi nibaah kiye ja raha hoon main
Meaning: I am a lover of the garden, and not only roses are dear to me; I keep getting along even with the thorns.
- जिगर मुरादाबादी
Teri yaad hai ya hai tera tasavvurKabhi Daagh ko hum ne tanha na dekha
Meaning: Either your memory or your image is with me; I have never seen Daagh alone.
- Dagh Dehlvi
Thi wasl mein bhi fikr-e-judai tamam shabWo aaye to bhi neend na aayi tamam shab
Meaning: Even in union I worried about separation all night; even when she came, I could not sleep all night.
- Momin Khan Momin
Jo kaha maine ki pyaar aata hai mujh ko tum parHans ke kehne laga aur aap ko aata kya hai
Meaning: When I said, 'I feel love for you,' she laughed and replied, 'And what else do you know how to do?'
- Akbar Allahabadi
Aap chhu dekhein kisi ghunche ko apne haath seGhuncha gul ho jaayega aur gul chaman ho jaayega
Meaning: Touch any bud with your own hand and see: the bud will become a rose, and the rose a whole garden.
- जलील मानिकपूरी
Tashbeeh tere chehre ko kya doon gul-e-tar seHota hai shagufta magar itna nahi hota
Meaning: How can I compare your face with a fresh rose? A rose blooms, but not this much.
- अकबर इलाहाबादी
Kooche mein uske baithna husn ko uske dekhnaHum to usi ko samjhe hain baagh bhi aur bahaar bhi
Meaning: Sitting in her lane and gazing at her beauty, to me that alone is both the garden and the spring.
- नज़ीर अकबराबादी
Gul ho mahtaab ho aaina ho khurshid ho MeerApna mehboob wahi hai jo ada rakhta ho
Meaning: Be it a rose, the moon, a mirror or the sun, Meer, my beloved is the one who has grace.
- मीर तक़ी मीर
Kaasa-e-chashm le ke joon nargisHum ne deedaar ki gadaai ki
Meaning: Holding out the begging bowl of my eyes like a narcissus, I begged for a single glimpse of her.
- मीर तक़ी मीर
Bulbul ke kaarobaar pe hain khanda-ha-e-gulKehte hain jis ko ishq khalal hai dimaagh ka
Meaning: The rose laughs at the nightingale's ways; what people call love is a disorder of the mind.
- मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब
Dekh le bulbul o parwaana ki betaabi koHijr achha na haseenon ka visaal achha hai
Meaning: Look at the restlessness of the nightingale and the moth: neither separation nor union with the beautiful is good.
- अमीर मीनाई
Hansa hansa ke shab-e-wasl ashk-bar kiyaTasalliyan mujhe de de ke be-qarar kiya
Meaning: She made me weep on the night of union, laughing all along; she kept consoling me and made me even more restless.
- Dagh Dehlvi
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Frequently asked questions
What is love shayari?
Love shayari is short romantic poetry, usually two lines, about longing, devotion, separation and joy. It grew out of Urdu ghazals and works just as well when written in English.
Which love shayari is best for a long-distance relationship?
Lines about distance, the moon, time zones and missing someone work best, such as 'Distance is just a test of how far love can travel.' Pick the ones that match how you feel and send them as a message.
What does shayari mean in English?
Shayari means poetry, usually a short two-line verse called a sher or couplet. It comes from the Urdu and Hindi tradition, and a poet is called a shayar.
Are these shayari original?
The English shayari on this page were written by ShayariGarden. The Urdu couplets in the classic section are by well-known poets of the past, such as Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir, Zauq, Dagh Dehlvi and Iqbal, whose works are in the public domain, and each one is credited to its poet.
Is there a Hindi version of this page?
Yes. You can read the Hindi version here: लव शायरी (Hindi). It has more shayari in Devanagari and Roman script.