Agra Fort

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 33

7 divan verses (out of 8); rhyming elements: āġh kā
composed 1816; Arshi #22

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

{33,1}

yak żarrah-e zamīñ nahīñ bekār bāġh kā
yāñ jādah bhī fatīlah hai lāle ke dāġh kā

{33,2}

be-mai kise hai t̤āqat-e āshob-e āgahī
kheñchā hai ʿajz-e ḥauṣalah ne ḳhat̤t̤ ayāġh kā

{33,3}

bulbul ke kār-o-bār pah haiñ ḳhandah'hā-e gul
kahte haiñ jis ko ʿishq ḳhalal hai dimāġh kā

{33,4}

tāzah nahīñ hai nashshah-e fikr-e suḳhan mujhe
tiryākī-e qadīm hūñ dūd-e chirāġh kā

{33,5}

sau bār band-e ʿishq se āzād ham huʾe
par kyā kareñ kih dil hī ʿadū hai farāġh kā

{33,6}

be-ḳhūn-e dil hai chashm meñ mauj-e nigah ġhubār
yih mai-kadah ḳharāb hai mai ke surāġh kā

{33,7}

bāġh-e shiguftah terā bisāt̤-e nashāt̤-e dil
abr-e bahār ḳhum-kadah kis ke dimāġh kā

The unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{33,8x}

josh-e bahār kulfat-e naz̤z̤ārah hai asad
hai abr punbah rauzan-e dīvār-e bāġh kā