Tughluqabad

Qubbat ul-Islam Mosque, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 96

6 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: am dekhte hai;N
composed 1816; Arshi #88

{96,1}

jahaa;N teraa naqsh-e qadam dekhte hai;N
;xiyaabaa;N ;xiyaabaa;N iram dekhte hai;N

{96,2}

dil-aashuftagaa;N ;xaal-e kunj-e dahan ke
suvaidaa me;N sair-e ((adam dekhte hai;N

{96,3}

tire sarv-e qaamat se yak qadd-e aadam
qiyaamat ke fitne ko kam dekhte hai;N

{96,4}

tamaashaa kih ai ma;hv-e aa))iinah-daarii
tujhe kis tamannaa se ham dekhte hai;N

{96,5}

suraa;G-e taf-e naalah le daa;G-e dil se
kih shab-rau kaa naqsh-e qadam dekhte hai;N

{96,6}

banaa kar faqiiro;N kaa ham bhes ;Gaalib
tamaashaa-e ahl-e karam dekhte hai;N

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{96,7x}

kisuu ko z-;xvud rastah kam dekhte hai;N
kih aahuu ko paa-band-e ram dekhte hai;N

{96,8x}

;xa:t-e la;xt-e dil yak-qalam dekhte hai;N
mizhah ko javaahir-raqam dekhte hai;N