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First verse of the ghazal
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{476}
gaʾe jī se chhūṭe butoñ kī jafā se
tahī bāt ham chāhte the ḳhudā se

10 v; M22
{477}
rihā honā nahīñ imkān un tarkīb-vāloñ se
kih bal de bāñdhte haiñ pech pagṛī ke bhī bāloñ se

9 v; M20
{478}
kubkoñ ne terī chāl jo dekhī ṭhiṭhak gaʾe
dil sākinān-e bāġh ke tujh se aṭak gaʾe

7 v; M5
{479}
zindagī hotī hai apnī ġham ke māre dekhiye
mūñd līñ āñkheñ idhar se tum ne pyāre dekhiye

9 v; M10
*{480}
kis t̤aur hameñ koʾī farebandah lubhā le
āḳhir haiñ tirī āñkhoñ ke ham dekhne-vāle

9 v; M7; 1, 4, 6; on v.3 see {122,9}
*{481}
bah rang-e bū-e gul us bāġh ke ham āshnā hote
kih hamrāh-e ṣabā ṭuk sair karte phir havā hote

7 v; M20; 1, 2, 4, 6
*{482}
chaman yār terā havā-ḳhvāh hai
gul ik dil hai jis meñ tirī chāh hai

9 v; M23; 1, 2, 3
*{483}
ḍhab haiñ tere se bāġh meñ gul ke
bū gaʾī kuchh dimāġh meñ gul ke

5 v; M12; 1, 2, 3; trans.
*{484}
ʿishq meñ ne ḳhauf-o-ḳhat̤ar chāhiye
jān ke dene ko jigar chāhiye

9 v; M18; 1, 7, 9
*{485}
hastī apnī ḥabāb kī sī hai
yih numāʾish sarāb kī sī hai

9 v; M12; 1, 3, 9; all verses discussed comprehensively by FWP; trans.
{486}
shamʿa ṣifat jab kabhū mar jāʾeñge
sāth liye dāġh-e jigar jāʾeñge

5 v; M18
{487}
ab jo ik ḥasrat-e javānī hai
ʿumr-e raftah kī yih nishānī hai
8 v; M12; on v.4 see {431,7}
{488}
qiyāmat haiñ yih chaspāñ jāme vāle
guloñ ne jin kī ḳhāt̤ir ḳhirqe ḍāle

9 v; M21
{489}
ab z̤ulm hai us ḳhāt̤ir tā ġhair bhalā māne
pas ham nah burā māneñ to kaun burā māne

5 v; M6
*{490}
dil ke maʿmūre kī mat kar fikr furṣat chāhiye
aise vīrāne ke ab basne ko muddat chāhiye

7 v; M10; 1, 2, 3, 5; v.5 was omitted from the Mahfuz kulliyāt , 2003 ed.; the 2013 ed. has been corrected to include it
{491}
be-yār shahr dil kā vīrān ho rahā hai
dikhlāʾī de jahāñ tak maidān ho rahā hai

9 v; M4; on v.1 see {60,8}
{492}
terī galī se jab ham ʿazm-e safar kareñge
har har qadam ke ūpar patthar jigar kareñge

9 v; M4; on v.9 see {509,9}
{493}
āñkheñ laṛā laṛā kar kab tak lagā rakheñge
us parde hi maiñ ḳhūbāñ ham ko sulā rakheñge

9 v; M4
{494}
tujh se do chār hogā jo koʾī rāh jāte
phir ʿumr chāhiyegī us ko bah ḥāl āte

9 v; M4
{495}
ho ʿājiz kih jism us qadar zor se
nah niklā kabhū ʿuhdah-e mor se
7 v; M23
*{496}
mat ho maġhrūr ai kih tujh meñ zor hai
yāñ sulaimāñ ke muqābil mor hai
7 v; M11; 6
{497}
ġhair se ab yār huvvā chāhiye
multajī nā-chār huvvā chāhiye

10 v; M18
{498}
yāñ sar-kashāñ jo ṣāḥib-e tāj-o-livā huʾe
pāmāl ho gaʾe to nah jānā kih kyā huʾe

5 v; M5
{499}
us asīrī ke nah koʾī ai ṣabā pāle paṛe
ik naz̤ar gul dekhne ke bhī hameñ lāle paṛe

7 v; M10
*{500}
ranj kheñche the dāġh khāʾe the
dil ne ṣadme baṛe uṭhāʾe the

7 v; M12; 2
 

 
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