TL;DR
70 original farewell shayari for friends, sorted by which goodbye it actually is — last day of college, they're moving cities, or they're going abroad. Those are three different feelings and one generic alvida line serves none of them well. Plus a Devanagari section for the slam book, Hinglish one-liners for status, and a closing section for the goodbye that isn't really one. Tap to copy, then make the one edit at the bottom.
Seventy, sorted and translated. Not a thousand — you have about four minutes before the bus leaves.
Three goodbyes, not one
Everybody writes "farewell shayari" as one category. It isn't.
- Last day of college is loud and public. Everyone is crying and nobody admits it, the slam book is going around, and the honest emotion is that a whole daily structure is ending, not a friendship.
- They're moving cities is quiet and specific. Nothing ends — you just lose the version where they were twenty minutes away. That loss deserves its own lines.
- They're going abroad carries a time zone in it. The goodbye isn't distance, it's that your normal hours stop overlapping.
Pick the section that matches and you'll find the right line in seconds. There's no festival framing on this page — our English farewell essay for a best friend who's moving away is the longer, non-Hindi companion if you want to write something in your own words instead.
Last day of college (12)
They're moving cities (12)
They're going abroad (12)
देवनागरी — for the slam book and the card (12)
Paper is where Devanagari earns its keep. Use these in the farewell book, the card, or the letter section of a page. Each line copies with both scripts together.
Hinglish one-liners for status (12)
Romanized reads best on WhatsApp status — it survives the crop, renders on every phone, and works straight as an Instagram caption on the last-day photo dump.
The goodbye that isn't really a goodbye (10)
For the last message, sent after everyone's gone home and the photos are uploaded.
When a copied line isn't enough
The last-day problem is that everyone sends everyone the same four lines, and by evening none of it means anything. Your one is meant to be different, and the way it becomes different is a specific detail — the seat, the shop, the year, the thing they always said.
For the friend who's genuinely leaving, the Thanks, Bestie template is the version that survives the move: a soft hero with their name, an appreciation list of up to 10 specific things they actually did, up to six shared photos with captions, and a closing thank-you dedication. ₹49 one-time, about seven minutes to make, and it shares as a private link on WhatsApp — which means it's still there in the new city, three months later, when the chat has scrolled past everything else.
"The farewell pages get opened more than any other kind," says Lovely's founder. "People re-read them from the new place, usually at a bad hour."
For the English version of this conversation, best friend moving away: farewell messages is the long-form essay, and farewell messages for college friends is the English bank for the last day. A dosti shayari page instead of a forward explains the send-a-link idea, and for the friendship after the move, long-distance friendship messages is the follow-up.
Make it theirs: the one edit
Swap the generic noun for a specific one. Once per line, and the farewell version is the highest-return edit in this whole bank, because everyone else's line is generic by definition today.
- "Purani yaadein" → "Woh 2 baje wali canteen, third year"
- "Tera sheher" → "Tera Indiranagar wala ghar"
- "Hum milte the" → "Hum har Thursday 6 baje milte the"
- "Teri baatein" → "Teri woh 'ek minute sun' wali shuruaat"
They will get forty messages today. Yours is the one with the Thursday in it.
What NOT to do: don't post the sincere line publicly and send nothing privately. The story tag is for everyone; the actual goodbye goes in the DM, alone.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good farewell shayari for friends in Hindi?
One that names the specific goodbye instead of goodbyes in general — "Class khatam hui hai, hisaab nahi." A last-day-of-college line, a moving-cities line and a leaving-the-country line are three different messages, and sending the wrong one is why farewell forwards feel hollow.
What should I write in a farewell slam book or farewell card?
Two lines, Devanagari, and one detail nobody else would write — the seat, the shop, the year, the thing they always said. Slam books get forty generic entries; the one with a real specific in it is the one they photograph before they lose the book.
What do I send a friend who is going abroad?
Something that acknowledges the time zone honestly. "Ab teri subah meri raat hogi — phir bhi call uthana." Do not promise you will talk every day. Promise the thing you will actually do, which is answering when they call at a strange hour.
Should farewell shayari be in Devanagari or Hinglish?
Hinglish for the group chat, the status and the last-day photo dump — it fits the box and renders on every phone. Devanagari for the slam book, the card, or a page you make them, because on paper the script does its own work.
What can I give a friend who is leaving besides a message?
A page they can open in the new city. Lovely's Thanks, Bestie template holds up to 10 specific thank-yous, six shared photos with captions and a closing dedication for ₹49 one-time — about seven minutes to make and it does not get lost in a chat.