Tughluqabad

Itimad ud-Daulah's tomb, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 117

3 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: aa ho
composed 1816; Arshi #117

{117,1}

;hasad se dil agar afsurdah hai garm-e tamaashaa ho
kih chashm-e tang shaayad ka;srat-e na:z:zaarah se vaa ho

{117,2}

bah qadr-e ;hasrat-e dil chaahiye ;zauq-e ma((aa.sii bhii
bharuu;N yak goshah-e daaman gar aab-e haft daryaa ho

{117,3}

agar vuh sarv-qad garm-e ;xiraam-e naaz aa jaave
kaf-e har ;xaak-e gulshan shakl-e qumrii naalah-farsaa ho

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{117,4x}

baham baaliidan-e sang-o-gul-e .sa;hraa yih chaahe hai
kih taar-e jaadah bhii kuhsaar ko zunnaar-e miinaa ho

{117,5x}

kare kyaa saaz-e biinish vuh shahiid-e dard-e aagaahii
jise muu-e dimaa;G-e be-;xvudii ;xvaab-e zulai;xaa ho

{117,6x}

nah dekhe;N ruu-e yak-dil sard ;Gair az sham((a-e kaafuurii
;xudaa yaa is qadar bazm-e asad garm-e tamaashaa ho