Agra Fort

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 7

7 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: ard thā
composed after 1821; Arshi #33

-- urdu script -- devanagari -- diacritics -- plain roman -- more information --

{7,1}

dhamkī meñ mar gayā jo nah bāb-e nabard thā
ʿishq-e nabard-peshah t̤alabgār-e mard thā

{7,2}

thā zindagī meñ marg kā khaṭkā lagā huʾā
uṛne se peshtar bhī mirā rang zard thā

{7,3}

tālīf-e nusḳhah'hā-e vafā kar rahā thā maiñ
majmūʿah-e ḳhayāl abhī fard fard thā

{7,4}

dil tā jigar kih sāḥil-e daryā-e ḳhūñ hai ab
us rahguzar meñ jalvah-e gul āge gard thā

{7,5}

jātī hai koʾī kashmakash andoh-e ʿishq kī
dil bhī agar gayā to vuhī dil kā dard thā

{7,6}

aḥbāb chārah-sāzī-e vaḥshat nah kar sake
zindāñ meñ bhī ḳhayāl bayābāñ-navard thā

{7,7}

yih lāsh-e be-kafan asad-e ḳhastah-jāñ kī hai
ḥaq maġhfarat kare ʿajab āzād mard thā