ye aarazuu thii tujhe gul ke ruu-ba-ruu karate

ye aarazuu thii tujhe gul ke ruu-ba-ruu karate

 

ye aarazuu thii tujhe gul ke ruu-ba-ruu karate 
ham aur bul_bul-e-betaab guftaguu karate 

[ruu-ba-ruu = in front of; guftaguu = conversation] 

payaam bar na mayassar huaa to Khuub huaa 
zabaan-e-Gair se kyaa shar kii aarazuu karate 

[mayassar = available; shar = mischief] 

merii tarah se maah-o-mahar bhii hai.n aavaaraa 
kisii habiib ko ye bhii hai.n justajuu karate 

[maah-o-mahar = moon and sun; habiib = friend]

jo dekhate terii za.njiir-e-zulf kaa aalam 
asiir hone ke aazaad aarazuu karate 

[asiir = prisoner] 

na puuchh aalam-e-baragashtaa taali-e-"Aatish" 
barasatii aag me.n jo baaraa.N kii aarazuu karate 

[baragashtaa = turn around/against; baaraa.N = rain]
[taali-e-aatish = burning fate] 

yaar ko mai.n ne mujhe yaar ne sone na diyaa

yaar ko mai.n ne mujhe yaar ne sone na diyaa

 

yaar ko mai.n ne mujhe yaar ne sone na diyaa 
raat bhar taali'-e-bedaar ne sone na diyaa 

[taali'-e-bedaar = good fortune] 

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 

sun to sahii jahaa.N me.n hai teraa fasaanaa kyaa

sun to sahii jahaa.N me.n hai teraa fasaanaa kyaa

 

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

ta.Dapate hai.n na rote hai.n na ham fariyaad karate hai.n
 

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 

[naalaa = loud wailing] 

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 = curly hair] 

About Khwaja Haider 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'.