Tughluqabad

Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 59

9 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: ar kahe baġhair
composed after 1847; Arshi #64

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{59,1}

ghar jab banā liyā tire dar par kahe baġhair
jānegā ab bhī tū nah mirā ghar kahe baġhair

{59,2}

kahte haiñ jab rahī nah mujhe t̤āqat-e suḳhan
jānūñ kisī ke dil kī maiñ kyūñkar kahe baġhair

{59,3}

kām us se ā paṛā hai kih jis kā jahān meñ
leve nah koʾī nām sitamgar kahe baġhair

{59,4}

jī meñ hī kuchh nahīñ hai hamāre vagarnah ham
sar jāʾe yā rahe nah raheñ par kahe baġhair

{59,5}

chhoṛūñgā maiñ nah us but-e kāfir kā pūjnā
chhoṛe nah ḳhalq go mujhe kāfir kahe baġhair

{59,6}

maqṣad hai nāz-o-ġhamzah vale guft-gū meñ kām
chaltā nahīñ hai dashnah-o-ḳhanjar kahe baġhair

{59,7}

har-chand ho mushāhadah-e ḥaq kī guft-gū
bantī nahīñ hai bādah-o-sāġhar kahe baġhair

{59,8}

bahrā hūñ maiñ to chāhiye dūnā ho iltifāt
suntā nahīñ hūñ bāt mukarrar kahe baġhair

{59,9}

ġhālib nah kar ḥuẓūr meñ tū bār bār ʿarẓ
z̤āhir hai terā ḥāl sab un par kahe baġhair