Tughluqabad

Fatahpur Sikri, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 40

2 divan verses (out of 8); rhyming elements: ūr thā
composed 1821; Arshi #18

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{40,1}

āʾīnah dekh apnā-sā muñh le ke rah gaye
ṣāḥib ko dil nah dene pah kitnā ġhurūr thā

{40,2}

qāṣid ko apne hāth se gardan nah māriye
us kī ḳhat̤ā nahīñ hai yih merā qaṣūr thā

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{40,3x}

ẓuʿf-e junūñ ko vaqt-e tapish dar bhī dūr thā
ik ghar meñ muḳhtaṣar-sā bayābāñ ẓarūr thā

{40,4x}

ai vāʾe ġhaflat-e nigah-e shauq varnah yāñ
har pārah sang laḳht-e dil-e koh-e t̤ūr thā

{40,5x}

dars-e tapish hai barq ko ab jis ke nām se
vuh dil hai yih kih jis kā taḳhalluṣ ṣabūr thā

{40,6x}

har rang meñ jalā asad-e fitnah-intiz̤ār
parvānah-e tajallī-e shamʿ-e z̤uhūr thā