Agra Fort

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 5

6 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: aa jal gayaa
composed 1816; Arshi #26

{5,1}

dil miraa soz-e nihaa;N se be-mu;haabaa jal gayaa
aatish-e ;xaamosh ke maanind goyaa jal gayaa

{5,2}

dil me;N ;zauq-e va.sl-o-yaad-e yaar tak baaqii nahii;N
aag is ghar me;N lagii aisii kih jo thaa jal gayaa

{5,3}

mai;N ((adam se bhii pare huu;N varnah ;Gaafil baar-haa
merii aah-e aatishii;N se baal-e ((anqaa jal gayaa

{5,4}

((ar.z kiije jauhar-e andeshah kii garmii kahaa;N
kuchh ;xayaal aayaa thaa va;hshat kaa kih .sa;hraa jal gayaa

{5,5}

dil nahii;N tujh ko dikhaataa varnah daa;Go;N kii bahaar
us chiraa;Gaa;N kaa karuu;N kyaa kaar-farmaa jal gayaa

{5,6}

mai;N huu;N aur afsurdagii kii aarzuu ;Gaalib kih dil
dekh kar :tarz-e tapaak-e ahl-e dunyaa jal gayaa

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{5,7x}

;xaan-maan-e ((aashiqaa;N duukaan-e aatish-baaz hai
shu((lah-ruu jab ho ga))e garm-e tamaashaa jal gayaa

{5,8x}

taa kujaa afsos-e garmiihaa-e .su;hbat ai ;xayaal
dil bah soz-e aatish-e daa;G-e tamannaa jal gayaa

{5,9x}

hai asad begaanah-e afsurdagii ai be-kasii
dil z andaaz-e tapaak-e ahl-e dunyaa jal gayaa