Tughluqabad

Tughluqabad, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 53

11 divan verses (out of 15); rhyming elements: ār-e dost
composed 1816; Arshi #51

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{53,1}

āmad-e ḳhat̤ se huʾā hai sard jo bāzār-e dost
dūd-e shamʿ-e kushtah thā shāyad ḳhat̤-e ruḳhsār-e dost

{53,2}

ai dil-e nā-ʿāqibat-andesh ẓabt̤-e shauq kar
kaun lā saktā hai tāb-e jalvah-e dīdār-e dost

{53,3}

ḳhānah-vīrāñ-sāzī-e ḥairat tamāshā kījiye
ṣūrat-e naqsh-e qadam hūñ raftah-e raftār-e dost

{53,4}

ʿishq meñ bedād-e rashk-e ġhair ne mārā mujhe
kushtah-e dushman hūñ āḳhir garchih thā bīmār-e dost

{53,5}

chashm-e mā raushan kih us bedard kā dil shād hai
dīdah-e pur-ḳhūñ hamārā sāġhar-e sarshār-e dost

{53,6}

This verse is the beginning of a verse-set that includes {53,6-10}.

ġhair yūñ kartā hai merī pursish us ke hajr meñ
be-takalluf dost ho jaise koʾī ġham-ḳhvār-e dost

{53,7}

tā kih maiñ jānūñ kih hai us kī rasāʾī vāñ talak
mujh ko detā hai payām-e vaʿdah-e dīdār-e dost

{53,8}

jab kih maiñ kartā hūñ apnā shikvah-e ẓuʿf-e dimāġh
sar kare hai vuh ḥadīṡ-e zulf-e ʿanbar-bār-e dost

{53,9}

chupke chupke mujh ko rote dekh pātā hai agar
hañs ke kartā hai bayān-e shoḳhī-e guftār-e dost

{53,10}

mihrbānīhā-e dushman kī shikāyat kījiye
yā bayāñ kīje sipās-e lażżat-e āzār-e dost

{53,11}

yih ġhazal apnī mujhe jī se pasand ātī hai āp
hai radīf-e shiʿr meñ ġhālib z bas takrār-e dost

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{53,12x}

chashm-e band-e ḳhalq ġhair az naqsh-e ḳhvud-bīnī nahīñ
āʾinah hai qālib-e ḳhisht-e dar-o-dīvār-e dost

{53,13x}

hai sivā neze pah us ke qāmat-e nau-ḳhez se
āftāb-e roz-e maḥshar hai gul-e dastār-e dost