Tughluqabad

Humayun's tomb, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 75

7 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: ānī-e shamʿa
composed 1816; Arshi #75

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{75,1}

ruḳh-e nigār se hai soz-e jāvidānī-e shamʿa
huʾī hai ātish-e gul āb-e zindagānī-e shamʿa

{75,2}

zabān-e ahl-e zabāñ meñ hai marg ḳhāmoshī
yih bāt bazm meñ raushan huʾī zabānī-e shamʿa

{75,3}

kare hai ṣirf bah īmā-e shuʿlah qiṣṣah tamām
bah t̤arz-e ahl-e fanā hai fasānah-ḳhvānī-e shamʿa

{75,4}

ġham us ko ḥasrat-e parvānah kā hai ai shuʿle
tire larazne se z̤āhir hai nā-tavānī-e shamʿa

{75,5}

tire ḳhayāl se rūḥ ihtizāz kartī hai
bah jalvah-rezī-e bād-o-bah par-fishānī-e shamʿa

{75,6}

nashāt̤-e dāġh-e ġham-e ʿishq kī bahār nah pūchh
shiguftagī hai shahīd-e gul-e ḳhizānī-e shamʿa

{75,7}

jale hai dekh ke bālīn-e yār par mujh ko
nah kyūñ ho dil pah mire dāġh-e bad-gumānī-e shamʿa