Tughluqabad

Red Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 132

7 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: ūñ vuh bhī
composed 1821; Arshi #133

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{132,1}

bisāt̤-e ʿajz meñ thā ek dil yak qat̤rah ḳhūñ vuh bhī
so rahtā hai bah andāz-e chakīdan sar-nigūñ vuh bhī

{132,2}

rahe us shoḳh se āzurdah ham chande takalluf se
takalluf bar-t̤araf thā ek andāz-e junūñ vuh bhī

{132,3}

ḳhayāl-e marg kab taskīñ dil-e āzurdah ko baḳhshe
mire dām-e tamannā meñ hai ik ṣaid-e zabūñ vuh bhī

{132,4}

nah kartā kāsh nālah mujh ko kyā maʿlūm thā hamdam
kih hogā bāʿiṡ-e afzāʾish-e dard-e darūñ vuh bhī

{132,5}

nah itnā burrish-e teġh-e jafā par nāz farmāʾo
mire daryā-e be-tābī meñ hai ik mauj-e ḳhūñ vuh bhī

{132,6}

mai-e ʿishrat kī ḳhvāhish sāqī-e gardūñ se kyā kīje
liye baiṭhā hai ik do chār jām-e vāzh-gūñ vuh bhī

{132,7}

mire dil meñ hai ġhālib shauq-e vaṣl-o-shikvah-e hijrāñ
ḳhudā vuh din kare jo us se maiñ yih bhī kahūñ vuh bhī

The unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{132,8x}

mujhe maʿlūm hai jo tū ne mere ḥaq meñ sochā hai
kahīñ ho jāʾe jald ai gardish-e gardūn-e dūñ vuh bhī

{132,9x}

naz̤ar rāḥat pah merī kar nah vaʿdah shab ke āne kā
kih merī ḳhvāb-bandī ke liye hogā fusūñ vuh bhī