Agra Fort

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 33

7 divan verses (out of 8); rhyming elements: aa;G kaa
composed 1816; Arshi #22

{33,1}

yak ;zarrah-e zamii;N nahii;N bekaar baa;G kaa
yaa;N jaadah bhii fatiilah hai laale ke daa;G kaa

{33,2}

be-mai kise hai :taaqat-e aashob-e aagahii
khe;Nchaa hai ((ajz-e ;hau.salah ne ;xa:t:t ayaa;G kaa

{33,3}

bulbul ke kaar-o-baar pah hai;N ;xandah'haa-e gul
kahte hai;N jis ko ((ishq ;xalal hai dimaa;G kaa

{33,4}

taazah nahii;N hai nashshah-e fikr-e su;xan mujhe
tiryaakii-e qadiim huu;N duud-e chiraa;G kaa

{33,5}

sau baar band-e ((ishq se aazaad ham hu))e
par kyaa kare;N kih dil hii ((aduu hai faraa;G kaa

{33,6}

be-;xuun-e dil hai chashm me;N mauj-e nigah ;Gubaar
yih mai-kadah ;xaraab hai mai ke suraa;G kaa

{33,7}

baa;G-e shiguftah teraa bisaa:t-e nashaa:t-e dil
abr-e bahaar ;xum-kadah kis ke dimaa;G kaa

The unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{33,8x}

josh-e bahaar kulfat-e na:z:zaarah hai asad
hai abr punbah rauzan-e diivaar-e baa;G kaa