Tomb of Isa Khan

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 8

3 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: il pasand aayaa
composed 1816; Arshi #3

{8,1}

shumaar-e sub;hah mar;Guub-e but-e mushkil-pasand aayaa
tamaashaa-e bah yak-kaf burdan-e .sad dil pasand aayaa

{8,2}

bah fai.z-e be-dilii naumiidii-e jaaved aasaa;N hai
kushaayish ko hamaaraa ((uqdah-e mushkil pasand aayaa

{8,3}

havaa-e sair-e gul aa))iinah-e be-mihrii-e qaatil
kih andaaz-e bah ;xuu;N-;Galtiidan-e bismil pasand aayaa

[{2,1}]

In some modern divan editions, this verse will appear at this point; in Arshi, whom I follow for this project, the verse is a fard and is placed as {2,1}.

jaraa;hat tu;hfah almaas armu;Gaa;N daa;G-e jigar hadyah
mubaarak baad asad ;Gam-;xvaar-e jaan-e dardmand aayaa

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{8,4x}

ravaaniihaa-e mauj-e ;xuun-e bismil se ;Tapaktaa hai
kih lu:tf-e be-ta;haashaa-raftan-e qaatil pasand aayaa

{8,5x}

asad har jaa su;xan ne :tar;h-e baa;G-e taazah ;Daalii hai
mujhe rang-e bahaar-iijaadii-e bedil pasand aayaa

{8,6x}

hu))ii jis ko bahaar-e fur.sat-e hastii se aagaahii
bah rang-e laalah jaam-e baadah bar ma;hmil pasand aayaa