Tughluqabad

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 39

4 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: ūs thā
composed 1816; Arshi #31

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{39,1}

shab kih vuh majlis-furoz-e ḳhalvat-e nāmūs thā
rishtah-e har shamʿa ḳhār-e kisvat-e fānūs thā

{39,2}

mashhad-e ʿāshiq se kosoñ tak jo ugtī hai ḥinā
kis qadar yā rab halāk-e ḥasrat-e pā-būs thā

{39,3}

ḥāṣil-e ulfat nah dekhā juz shikast-e ārzū
dil bah dil paivastah goyā yak lab-e afsūs thā

{39,4}

kyā kahūñ bīmārī-e ġham kī farāġhat kā bayāñ
jo kih khāyā ḳhūn-e dil be-minnat-e kaimūs thā

The unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{39,5x}

but-parastī hai bahār-e naqsh-bandīhā-e dahr
har ṣarīr-e ḳhāmah meñ yak nālah-e nāqūs thā

{39,6x}

t̤abʿ kī vā-shud ne rang-e yak-gulistāñ gul kiyā
yih dil-e vā-bastah goyā baiẓah-e t̤āʾūs thā

{39,7x}

kal asad ko ham ne dekhā goshah-e ġham-ḳhānah meñ
dast bar-sar sar bah zānū-e dil-e māyūs thā