sun to sahi jahaan mein hai tera kya hai
kehti hai tujh ko khalq-e- ghaaibaana kya hai
tu khud hi soch ai dil ye ishq ka safar hai
manzil kahaan hai aur ye raah-e-begaana kya hai
vo husn jis ne mujh ko kiya hai yun be-khud
poochho na mujh se gardish-e-paimaana kya hai
duniya samajh rahi hai junoon mera fizool
us ko khabar nahin ki ye deewaana kya hai
Aatish tamaam umr yunhi mit ke jee liye
ab kya bataaye ishq ka afsaana kya hai
sun to sahi jahaan mein hai tera fasaana kya
kehti hai tujh ko khalq-e-khuda ghaaibaana kya
baahar nikal ke deedah-e-hairaan ke chaar so
aalam hai husn-e-yaar ke jalve mein gharq kya
ye aarzu thi tujhe gul ke ru-ba-ru karte
hum aur bulbul-e-betaab guftugu karte
lipaT-ti hai dhuaan ban ke ye aah-e-dil-e-zaar
mire nikalte hi ghar se charaagh bujhte hain
bandagi mein bhi vo aazaada-o-khud-been hain ki ham
ulTe phir aaye dar-e-kaaba agar va na hua
zindagi hai ya koi toofan hai
ham to is jeene ke haathon mar chale
Aur Kuchh Nahin
Ghulam Hamdani MushafiKe Dekhte Hain
Imam Bakhsh NasikhThe two founders of the Lucknow school, side by side.