Tughluqabad

Lodhi tombs, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 80

9 divan verses (out of 11); rhyming elements: aa-e gul
composed after 1821; Arshi #80

{80,1}

hai kis qadar halaak-e fareb-e vafaa-e gul
bulbul ke kaar-o-baar pah hai;N ;xandah'haa-e gul

{80,2}

aazaadii-e nasiim mubaarak kih har :taraf
;Tuu;Te pa;Re hai;N ;halqah-e daam-e havaa-e gul

{80,3}

jo thaa so mauj-e rang ke dhoke me;N mar gayaa
ai vaa))e naalah-e lab-e ;xuunii;N-navaa-e gul

{80,4}

;xvush-;haal us ;hariif-e siyah-mast kaa kih jo
rakhtaa ho mi;sl-e saayah-e gul sar bah paa-e gul

{80,5}

iijaad kartii hai use tere liye bahaar
meraa raqiib hai nafas-e ((i:tr-saa-e gul

{80,6}

sharmindah rakhte hai;N mujhe baad-e bahaar se
miinaa-e be-sharaab-o-dil-e be-havaa-e gul

{80,7}

sa:tvat se tere jalvah-e ;husn-e ;Gayuur kii
;xuu;N hai mirii nigaah me;N rang-e adaa-e gul

{80,8}

tere hii jalve kaa hai yih dhokaa kih aaj tak
be-i;xtiyaar dau;Re hai gul dar qafaa-e gul

{80,9}

;Gaalib mujhe hai us se ham-aa;Goshii aarzuu
jis kaa ;xayaal hai gul-e jeb-e qabaa-e gul

The unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{80,10x}

diivaanagaa;N kaa chaarah furo;G-e bahaar hai
hai shaa;x-e gul me;N panjah-e ;xuubaa;N bajaa-e gul

{80,11x}

mizhgaa;N talak rasaa))ii-e la;xt-e jigar kahaa;N
aay vaay gar nigaah nah ho aashnaa-e gul