Tags-Lucknow

allāh ai buto hameñ dikhlā.e lucknow
sote meñ bhī ye kahte haiñ ham haa.e lucknow

ḳhush-chashmī āhuoñ kī vo bhūle jahān meñ
dekhe jo aañkh nargis-e-shahlā-e-lucknow

maiñ kyā kahūñ faqīroñ ko jo kuchh ġhurūr thā
ik ik gadā-e-shahr thā dārā-e-lucknow

ab luT gayā hai kyā rahā dozaḳh se baḌh ke hai
rashk-e-bahisht kahte the sab jā-e-lucknow

jab se haTā hai vo tah-o-bālā ye ho gayā
jannat koī zarūr thā bālā-e-lucknow

har-chand laakh tarah bhulātā huuñ yaad ko
'aḳhtar' pukār uThtā hai dil haa.e lucknow

kalkatta ke hasīnoñ ko jab dekh letā huuñ
us vaqt dil meñ hotā hai saudā-e-lucknow

marne ke ba.ad bhī na miTegā jigar se daaġh
jannat meñ ham ko ho.egī parvā-e-lucknow

shāhoñ pe faḳhr karte the is mulk ke gadā
thā misl-e-jām-e-jam mai-o-mīnā-e-lucknow

arz-e-dakan meñ jaan to dillī meñ dil banī
aur shahr-e-lucknow meñ hinā ban ga.ī ġhazal

hai 'rashīd' ab tak giyāh-e-lucknow mardum giyāh
kyā zamīñ hai jo ujaḌ jaane pe mardum-ḳhez hai

ham haiñ rusvā-kun-e-dillī-o-lucknow apnī kyā zindagī apnī kyā aabrū
'mīr' dillī se nikalne ga.e lucknow tum kahāñ jāoge ham kahāñ jā.eñge

taqdīr meñ thī furqat-e-yārān-e-lucknow
is shahr meñ 'munīr' kahāñ thā kahāñ basant

tire ḳhayāl tirī aarzū se duur rahe
navāb ho ke bhī ham lucknow se duur rahe

ik nau-bahār-e-nāz ko taake hai phir nigāh
vo nau-bahār-e-nāz ki hai jān-e-lucknow

tole hue hai teġh-o-sināñ husn-e-be-naqāb
nāvak-fagan hai jalva-e-pinhān-e-lucknow

mutrib bhī hai sharāb bhī abr-e-bahār bhī
shīrāz ban gayā hai shabistān-e-lucknow

ab us ke ba.ad sub.h hai aur sub.h-e-nau 'majāz'
ham par hai ḳhatm shām-e-ġharībān-e-lucknow

har samt ik hujūm-e-nigārān-e-lucknow
aur maiñ ki ek shoḳh-ġhazal-ḳhvān-e-lucknow

kuchh roz kā musāfir-o-mehmāñ huuñ aur kyā
kyuuñ bad-gumāñ hoñ yūsuf-e-kan.ān-e-lucknow