Poetry Guru

ye aarazuu thii tujhe gul ke ruu-ba-ruu karate
ham aur bul_bul-e-betaab guftaguu karate
payaam bar na mayassar huaa to Khuub huaa
zabaan-e-Gair se kyaa shar kii aarazuu karate
merii tarah se maah-o-mahar bhii hai.n aavaaraa
kisii habiib ko ye bhii hai.n justajuu karate
jo dekhate terii za.njiir-e-zulf kaa aalam
asiir hone ke aazaad aarazuu karate
na puuchh aalam-e-baragashtaa taali-e-”Aatish”
barasatii [...]

yaar ko mai.n ne mujhe yaar ne sone na diyaa
raat bhar taali’-e-bedaar ne sone na diyaa
ek shab bul_bul-e-betaab ke jaage na nasiib
pahaluu-e-gul me.n kabhii Khaar ne sone na diyaa
raat bhar kii dil-e-betaab ne baate.n mujh se
mujh ko is ishq ke biimaar ne sone na diyaa
“Ali Aatish“

sun to sahii jahaa.N me.n hai teraa fasaanaa kyaa
kahatii hai tujh se Khalq-e-Khudaa Gaibaanaa kyaa
ziinaa sabaa kaa Dhuu.NDhatii hai apanii musht-e-Khaak
baam-e-baland yaar kaa hai aastaanaa kyaa
aatii hai kis tarah se merii kabz-e-ruuh ko
dekhuu.N to maut Dhuu.NDh rahii hai bahaanaa kyaa
betaab hai kamaal hamaaraa dil-e-aziim
mahamaa.N saaraay-e-jism kaa hogaa ravanaa kyaa

ta.Dapate hai.n na rote hai.n na ham fariyaad karate hai.n
sanam kii yaad me.n har-dam Khudaa ko yaad karate hai.n
unhii.n ke ishq me.n ham naalaa-o-fariyaad karate hai.n
ilaahii dekhiye kis din hame.n vo yaad karate hai.n
shab-e-furqat me.n kyaa kyaa saa.Np laharaate hai.n siine par
tumhaarii kaakul-e-pechaa.N ko jab ham yaad karate hai.n
[shab-e-furqat = night of separation; kaakul-e-pechaa.N = [...]

Ali Aatish
Khwaja Haider Ali ‘Aatish’ was born in 1778 in Faizabad. He died in 1846 in Lucknow. His poems are compiled under ‘Deewan-e-Aatish’.