Agra Fort

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 23

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

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{23,1}

asad ham vuh junūñ-jaulāñ gadā-e be-sar-o-pā haiñ
kih hai sar-panjah-e mizhgān-e āhū pusht-ḳhār apnā

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{23,2x}

nah bhūlā iẓt̤irāb-e dam-shumārī intiz̤ār apnā
kih āḳhir shīshah-e sāʿat ke kām āyā ġhubār apnā

{23,3x}

z-bas ātish ne faṣl-e rang meñ rang-e digar pāyā
chirāġh-e gul se ḍhūñḍhe hai chaman meñ shamʿa ḳhār apnā

{23,4x}

asīr-e be-zabāñ hūñ kāsh-ke ṣaiyād-e be-parvā
bah dām-e jauhar-e āʾīnah ho jāve shikār apnā