Tughluqabad

the Jantar Mantar, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 54

3 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: ar hai aaj
composed 1816; Arshi #54

{54,1}

gulshan me;N band-o-bast bah rang-e digar hai aaj
qumrii kaa :tauq ;halqah-e beruun-e dar hai aaj

{54,2}

aataa hai ek paarah-e dil har fi;Gaa;N ke saath
taar-e nafas kamand-e shikaar-e a;sar hai aaj

{54,3}

ai ((aafiyat kinaarah kar ai inti:zaam chal
sailaab-e giryah dar-pa-e diivaar-o-dar hai aaj

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{54,4x}

ma((zuulii-e tapish hu))ii ifraa:t-e inti:zaar
chashm-e kushaadah ;halqah-e beruun-e dar hai aaj

{54,5x}

taa .sub;h hai bah manzil-e maq.sad rasiidanii
duud-e chiraa;G-e ;xaanah ;Gubaar-e safar hai aaj

{54,6x}

duur-uuftaadah-e chaman-e fikr hai asad
mur;G-e ;xayaal bulbul-e be-baal-o-par hai aaj