Tughluqabad

Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 71

10 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: āz
composed 1821; Arshi #69

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{71,1}

nah gul-e naġhmah hūñ nah pardah-e sāz
maiñ hūñ apnī shikast kī āvāz

{71,2}

tū aur ārāʾish-e ḳham-e kākul
maiñ aur andeshah'hā-e dūr-darāz

{71,3}

lāf-e tamkīñ fareb-e sādah-dilī
ham haiñ aur rāz'hā-e sīnah-gudāz

{71,4}

hūñ giriftār-e ulfat-e ṣaiyād
varnah bāqī hai t̤āqat-e parvāz

{71,5}

vuh bhī din ho kih us sitam-gar se
nāz kheñchūñ bajā-e ḥasrat-e nāz

{71,6}

nahīñ dil meñ mire vuh qat̤rah-e ḳhūñ
jis se mizhgāñ huʾī nah ho gul-bāz

{71,7}

ai tirā ġhamzah yak-qalam angez
ai tirā z̤ulm sar bah sar andāz

{71,8}

tū huʾā jalvah-gar mubārak ho
rezish-e sijdah-e jabīn-e niyāz

{71,9}

mujh ko pūchhā to kuchh ġhaẓab nah huʾā
maiñ ġharīb aur tū ġharīb-navāz

{71,10}

asadullâh ḳhāñ tamām huʾā
ai dareġhā vuh rind-e shāhid-bāz