Tughluqabad

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

 

Ghazal 118

4 divan verses (out of 5); rhyming elements: isht ko
composed 1855; Arshi #124

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{118,1}

kaʿbe meñ jā rahā to nah do t̤aʿnah kyā kahīñ
bhūlā hūñ ḥaqq-e ṣuḥbat-e ahl-e kunisht ko

{118,2}

t̤āʿat meñ tā rahe nah mai-o-angabīñ kī lāg
dozaḳh meñ ḍāl do koʾī le kar bihisht ko

{118,3}

hūñ munḥarif nah kyūñ rah-o-rasm-e ṡavāb se
ṭeṛhā lagā hai qat̤ qalam-e sar-navisht ko

{118,4}

ġhālib kuchh apnī saʿī se lahnā nahīñ mujhe
ḳhirman jale agar nah malaḳh khāʾe kisht ko

The unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{118,5x}

āʾī agar balā to jagah se ṭale nahīñ
īrā hī de ke ham ne bachāyā hai kisht ko