vo jab bhi mehfilon mein muskura ke dekhte hain
to ham bhi apni qismat ko saja ke dekhte hain
nazar jhuka ke vo lekin chura lete hain
ajab hunar hai ko bacha ke dekhte hain
ye husn vaale bhi kya khoob raaz rakhte hain
ki aag dil mein laga ke chhupa ke dekhte hain
har ek shab ko sitaaron se baat karte hain
kabhi vo chaand ko bhi ham bula ke dekhte hain
ye Nasikh ishq ka dastoor hai bahut hi qadeem
ki apni jaan ko us par miTa ke dekhte hain
gul ko mehboob main samajhta hoon
us ko mehboob ki ada kahta hoon
dil ke aaine mein hai tasveer-e-yaar
jab zara gardan jhukaayi dekh li
shab-e-firaaq ki tanhaaiyon mein yaad aaya
vo ek shakhs jo betaab kar gaya tha kabhi
na poochh aalam-e-barbaadi-e-jahaan-e-dil
har ek ghar mein hai is shahr ke kharaabi-e-dil
mehfil mein baar baar idhar dekhte hain vo
ye mera dil hai ya koi jaadu nazar mein hai
vafa ke baab mein vo bevafa nikla
jise main aashna samjha vo na-aashna nikla
Fasaana Kya Hai
Haidar Ali AatishThe two founders of the Lucknow school, side by side.