Tughluqabad

the Jantar Mantar, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 56

6 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: ar khe;Nch
composed 1821; Arshi #56

{56,1}

nafas nah anjuman-e aarzuu se baahar khe;Nch
agar sharaab nahii;N inti:zaar-e saa;Gar khe;Nch

{56,2}

kamaal-e garmii-e sa((ii-e talaash-e diid nah puuchh
bah rang-e ;xaar mire aa))ine se jauhar khe;Nch

{56,3}

tujhe bahaanah-e raa;hat hai inti:zaar ai dil
kiyaa hai kis ne ishaarah kih naaz-e bistar khe;Nch

{56,4}

tirii :taraf hai bah ;hasrat na:zaarah-e nargis
bah korii-e dil-o-chashm-e raqiib saa;Gar khe;Nch

{56,5}

bah niim-;Gamzah adaa kar ;haq-e vadii((at-e naaz
niyaam-e pardah-e za;xm-e jigar se ;xanjar khe;Nch

{56,6}

mire qada;h me;N hai .sahbaa-e aatish-e pinhaa;N
bah ruu-e sufrah kabaab-e dil-e samandar khe;Nch

An unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{56,7x}

junuun-e aa))inah mushtaaq-e yak tamaashaa hai
hamaare .saf;he pah baal-e parii se mis:tar khe;Nch