Tags-Lucknow

ḳhūn-e-hasrat kah rahā hai dāstān-e-lucknow
rah gayā hai ab yahī rañgīñ-bayān-e-lucknow

gulshan-e-firdaus par kyā naaz hai rizvāñ tujhe
pūchh us ke dil se jo hai rutba-dān-e-lucknow

zamīn-e-pāk hamāre jigar kā TukḌā hai
hameñ aziiz hai dehlī o lucknow kī tarah

'riyāz' thī jo muqaddar meñ bāz-gasht-e-shabāb
javān hone ko piirī meñ lucknow aa.e

zabān-e-hāl se ye lucknow kī ḳhaak kahtī hai
miTāyā gardish-e-aflāk ne jāh-o-hasham merā

sub.h hai banaras kī
shām-e-lucknow hai tū

kabhī mahaktā thā jo lucknow hinā kī tarah
isī dayār meñ likkhī hai shahriyat merī

ba.ad ik umr ke 'nāsiḳh' kī jo ab aamad hai
lucknow ke hue sab kūcha-o-bāzār safed

kyā haal hai tumhārā azīzān-e-lucknow
tahzīb-e-ahl-e-dillī kā pursāñ nahīñ rahā

lucknow aane kā baa.is nahīñ khultā yaanī
havas-e-sair-o-tamāshā so vo kam hai ham ko

dil ko mahv-e-ġham-e-dildār kiye baiThe haiñ
riñd bante haiñ magar zahr piye baiThe haiñ

'yagānā' vahī fāteh-e-lakhknau haiñ
dil-e-sañg-o-āhan meñ ghar karne vaale

aaj kal lucknow meñ ai 'aḳhtar'
dhuum hai terī ḳhush-bayānī kī

dil ko mahv-e-ġham-e-dildār kiye baiThe haiñ
riñd bante haiñ magar zahr piye baiThe haiñ

yaad aatā hai lucknow 'aḳhtar'
ḳhuld ho aa.eñ to burā kyā hai

kyā garm haiñ ki kahte haiñ ḳhūbān-e-lucknow
london ko jaa.eñ vo jo firañgan ke yaar haiñ

kuchh batā dil ki dillī se kis lucknow kī taraf jā baseñ
kaun bastī hai jis par barastā hai hun ham-safar baat sun

bhuul ke koī dosto chāhe na un hasīnoñ ko
ab ye DhiñDhorā pher do lucknow meñ galī galī

zabān-e-hāl se ye lucknow kī ḳhaak kahtī hai
miTāyā gardish-e-aflāk ne jāh-o-hasham merā

na.e mizāj ke shahroñ meñ jī nahīñ lagtā
purāne vaqtoñ kā phir se maiñ lucknow ho jā.ūñ