Tughluqabad

Qubbat ul-Islam Mosque, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 95

6 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: ed nahīñ
composed 1826; Arshi #98

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{95,1}

ʿishq tāṡīr se naumed nahīñ
jāñ sipārī shajar-e bed nahīñ

{95,2}

salt̤anat dast bah dast āʾī hai
jām-e mai ḳhātim-e jamshed nahīñ

{95,3}

hai tajallī tirī sāmān-e vujūd
żarrah be-partav-e ḳhvurshed nahīñ

{95,4}

rāz-e maʿshūq nah rusvā ho jāʾe
varnah mar jāne meñ kuchh bhed nahīñ

{95,5}

gardish-e rang-e t̤arab se ḍar hai
ġham-e maḥrūmī-e jāved nahīñ

{95,6}

kahte haiñ jīte haiñ ummīd pah log
ham ko jīne kī bhī ummed nahīñ

The unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{95,7x}

mai-kashī ko nah samajh be-ḥāṣil
bādah ġhālib ʿaraq-e bed nahīñ