Agra Fort

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 11

2 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: am merā
composed 1821; Arshi #10

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{11,1}

nah hogā yak-bayābāñ māñdagī se żauq kam merā
ḥabāb-e maujah-e raftār hai naqsh-e qadam merā

{11,2}

muḥabbat thī chaman se lekin ab yih be-dimāġhī hai
kih mauj-e bū-e gul se nāk meñ ātā hai dam merā

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{11,3x}

rah-e ḳhvābīdah thī gardan-kash-e yak-dars-e āgāhī
zamīñ ko sailī-e ustād hai naqsh-e qadam merā

{11,4x}

surāġh-āvārah-e ʿarẓ-e do-ʿālam shor-e maḥshar hūñ
par-afshāñ hai ġhubār-āñsū-e ṣaḥrā-e ʿadam merā

{11,5x}

havā-e ṣubḥ yak-ʿālam garebāñ-chākī-e gul hai
dahān-e zaḳhm paidā kar agar khātā hai ġham merā