Khwaja Haider Ali Atish

He was also a contemporary of other notable poets like Mir Taqi Mir and played a key role in shaping the Delhi school of Urdu poetry. His works remain influential, reflecting the cultural and literary richness of his era.

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1. SHER

I. Ajab terii hai ai mahbuub suurat
Nazar se gir ga.e sab Khubsuurat

II. Safar hai shart musaafir-nawaaz bahutere
Hazaar-haa shajar-e-saaya-daar raah mein hai

III. Haajat nahii.n banaa.o kii ai naaznii.n tujhe
Zevar hai saadgii tire ruKHsaar ke liye

iV. Ab mulaaqaat hu.ii hai to mulaaqaat rahe
Na mulaaqaat thii jab tak ki mulaaqaat na thii

V.But-KHaana to.D Daaliye masjid ko Dhaa.iye
Dil ko na to.Diye ye KHudaa kaa maqaam hai

VI. Fasl-e-bahaar aa.ii piyo suufiyo sharaab
Bas ho chukii namaaz musallaa uThaa.iye

VII. Shab-e-vasl thii chaandnii kaa samaa.n thaa
BaGal me.n sanam thaa KHudaa mehrbaa.n thaa

VIII.Hamesha mai.n ne garebaa.n ko chaak chaak kiyaa
Tamaam umr rafuugar rahe rafuu karte

IX. qaamat tirii daliil qayaamat kii ho ga.ii
kaam aaftaab-e-hashr kaa ruKHsaar ne kiyaa

X. Ba.Daa shor sunte the pahluu me.n dil kaa
Jo chiiraa to ik qatra-e-KHuu.n na nik

1. Nazm

I.Ye bhaTaktī huī rūheñ ye nasheb aur farāz
Terī mahfil meñ farozāñ na huī sham.a-e-niyāz

Tujh ko taklīf-e-samā.at rahī merī āvāz
Āñsūoñ se na huī sard tirī ātish-e-nāz

Mehr-o-ulfat ke tarāne rahe ḳhvābīda-e-nāz
Ishq bechāra samajhtā hai jise sub.h-e-chaman

Paikar-e-sub.h meñ ik raat hai vīrāne kī
Gardish-e-rang se taz.īn-e-nazar kyā hotī

Haañ mirī raah tirī rāhguzar kyā hotī
Tujh ko bīmār-e-mohabbat kī ḳhabar kyā hotī

Hijr kī raat ham-āġhosh-e-sahar kyā hotī
Jis ko maiñ soz-e-haqīqat kā nishāñ kahtā thā

Muhr thī vo kisī tārīk nihāñ-ḳhāne kī
Aaj tak mil na sakī bār-e-tamannā se najāt

Aaj tak tishna-e-ta.abīr rahā ḳhvāb-e-hayāt
Kaash hotā na mire zauq-e-farāvāñ meñ sabāt

Ye masā.ib kā julūs aur ye āfāt kī raat
Ye aqīdoñ kā talātum ye añdhere kā ḳharosh

Maiñ nahīñ laash hai goyā kisī parvāne kī
Ek ik jumbish-e-lab āh-o-fuġhāñ kā paiġhām

Ye sarāboñ ke pujārī ye ġhulāmoñ ke ġhulām
Majlis-e-jaur-o-jafā kārgah-e-dāna-o-dām

Haa.e ye terī ḳhudā.ī kā jahāñ-soz nizām
Haiñ yahāñ kitne ujāloñ pe dhuñdalkoñ ke ġhilāf

Dahr hai yā koī tasvīr siyah-ḳhāne kī
Ab nahīñ bā.is-e-taskīñ tirī āyāt-e-jamīl

Sāl-hā-sāl se insān kī fitrat hai aliil
TimTimātī hī rahegī mire dil kī qindīl

Ye siyāhī hai ki baḌhtī huī zulmat kī dalīl
Zulmat-e-yās hai taarī na kar ab sa.ī-e-fuzūl

Mere ā.īna-e-kirdār ko chamkāne kī

II.Raah chalte hue ik moḌ pe duur az ummīd
Aañkh jhapkī to mire sāmne vo shoḳh parī-paikar thā

Mere pahlū se vo guzrā magar is tarah ki chehre pe thā haath
Ek mīThī sī ḳhalish chhoḌ ga.ī dil meñ ye jāñ-soz adā

Māvarā.ī saaya jalva jo gurezāñ hai mirī nazroñ se
Merī bāñhoñ kī harārat meñ kabhī sham.a ke mānind pighal jaatā thā

Qurb kī aañch se ye paikar-e-nūr
Ishq kī ātish-e-sayyāl meñ Dhal jaatā thā

Ek shola sā rag-o-pai meñ machal jaatā thā
Ye koī dasht-e-tasavvur kā hasīñ moḌ na thā

Jahāñ ram-dīda ġhazālān-e-taḳhayyul ne use dekhā ho
Ye koī ḳhvāb-e-dil-āvez na thā

MoḌ ojhal huā nazroñ se to phir raah vahī log vahī
Sirf vo chehra vo āñkheñ vo ḳhat-o-ḳhāl na the

Jin se baḌh kar koī nazroñ kā shanāsā bhī nahīñ
Haa.e vo lamha-e-parāñ vo dil-āvez adā

Yuuñ mile jaise kabhī maiñ ne unheñ dekhnā chāhā bhī nahīñ
Hai rivāyat ki ḳhudāvand-e-ḳhudāyān-e-jahāñ

Apnī rūyat se musharraf yūñhī farmātā hai un bandoñ ko
Jo us kī lagan meñ shab o roz

Hamd o tasbīh o sanā aur munājāt o duā karte haiñ
Sirf ik diid kī hasrat meñ jiyā karte haiñ

Āñkhoñ meñ kaaT diyā karte haiñ raat
Tab kisī lamhe meñ vo zāt-e-munazzah ki jo hai ḳhātama-e-jumla-sifāt

Shola-e-husn-e-azal rūh-e-jahāñ jān-e-hayāt
Sub.h ke nuur ke mānind nigāhoñ ko munavvar kartā

Arsh se farsh pe kartā hai nuzūl
Aur usī lamha vo bad-baḳht vo martāzi-e-tasbīh-o-ruku-o-sajda

Nashsha-e-tishnagi-e-dīd se chuur
Ḳhānqāhoñ ke kisī goshe meñ so jaate haiñ

Jis tarah hasrat-e-dīdār meñ ik umr guzārī hī nahīñ
Aartī jaise kabhī us kī nigāhoñ ne utārī hī nahīñ

Aur vo rabb-e-jahāñ rāhat-e-jāñ
Māvarā-e-nigah-e-kaun-o-makāñ

Muñh chhupā.e hue hāthoñ se guzar jaatā hai
Hasrat-e-dīd dar-o-bām se sar phoḌtī rah jaatī hai

3. Ghazal

I. Ruḳh o zulf par jaan khoyā kiyā
Añdhere ujāle meñ royā kiyā

Hamesha likhe vasf-e-dandān-e-yār
Qalam apnā motī piroyā kiyā

Kahūñ kyā huī ‘umr kyūñ-kar basar
Maiñ jaagā kiyā baḳht soyā kiyā

Rahī sabz be-fikr kisht-e-suḳhan
Na jotā kiyā maiñ na boyā kiyā

Brahman ko bātoñ kī hasrat rahī
Ḳhudā ne butoñ ko na goyā kiyā

Mazā ġham ke khāne kā jis ko paḌā
Vo ashkoñ se haath apne dhoyā kiyā

Zanaḳhdāñ se ‘ātish’ mohabbat rahī
Kuñ.eñ meñ mujhe dil Duboyā kiyā

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