firdaus-e-husn-o-ishq hai daman-e-lucknow
ankhon men bas rahe hain ghazalan-e-lucknow
sabr-azma hai ghamza-e-turkan-e-lucknow
rashk-e-zanan-e-misr kanizan-e-lucknow
har samt ik hujum-e-nigaran-e-lucknow
aur main ki ek shokh-ghazal-khvan-e-lucknow
mutrib bhi hai sharab bhi abr-e-bahar bhi
shiraz ban gaya hai shabistan-e-lucknow
tole hue hai tegh-o-sinan husn-e-be-naqab
navak-fagan hai jalva-e-pinhan-e-lucknow
ik nau-bahar-e-naz ko taake hai phir nigah
vo nau-bahar-e-naz ki hai jan-e-lucknow
dast-e-junun ko rokiye ye khabt chhodiye
rusva hai yunhi chak-e-gareban-e-lucknow
kuchh roz ka musafir-o-mehman huun aur kya
kyuun bad-guman hon yusuf-e-kanan-e-lucknow
ab us ke baad subh hai aur subh-e-nau ‘majaz’
ham par hai khatm sham-e-ghariban-e-lucknow
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