Agra Fort

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 19

7 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: āveñge kyā
composed after 1821; Arshi #35

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

{19,1}

dost ġham-ḳhvārī meñ merī saʿī farmāveñge kyā
zaḳhm ke bharne talak nāḳhun nah baṛh jāveñge kyā

{19,2}

be-niyāzī ḥad se guzrī bandah-parvar kab talak
ham kaheñge ḥāl-e dil aur āp farmāveñge kyā

{19,3}

ḥaẓrat-e nāṣiḥ gar āveñ dīdah-o-dil farsh-e rāh
koʾī mujh ko yih to samjhā do kih samjhāveñge kyā

{19,4}

āj vāñ teġh-o-kafan bāñdhe huʾe jātā hūñ maiñ
ʿużr mere qatl karne meñ vuh ab lāveñge kyā

{19,5}

gar kiyā nāṣiḥ ne ham ko qaid achchhā yūñ sahī
yih junūn-e ʿishq ke andāz chhuṭ jāveñge kyā

{19,6}

ḳhānah-zād-e zulf haiñ zanjīr se bhāgeñge kyūñ
haiñ giriftār-e vafā zindāñ se ghabrāveñge kyā

{19,7}

hai ab is maʿmūre meñ qaḥt̤-e ġham-e ulfat asad
ham ne yih mānā kih dillī meñ rahe khāveñge kyā