Agra Fort

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

Ghazal 23

1 divan verse (out of 7); rhyming elements: aar apnaa
composed 1816; Arshi #32

{23,1}

asad ham vuh junuu;N-jaulaa;N gadaa-e be-sar-o-paa hai;N
kih hai sar-panjah-e mizhgaan-e aahuu pusht-;xaar apnaa

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{23,2x}

nah bhuulaa i.z:tiraab-e dam-shumaarii inti:zaar apnaa
kih aa;xir shiishah-e saa((at ke kaam aayaa ;Gubaar apnaa

{23,3x}

z-bas aatish ne fa.sl-e rang me;N rang-e digar paayaa
chiraa;G-e gul se ;Dhuu;N;Dhe hai chaman me;N sham((a ;xaar apnaa

{23,4x}

asiir-e be-zabaa;N huu;N kaash-ke .saiyaad-e be-parvaa
bah daam-e jauhar-e aa))iinah ho jaave shikaar apnaa