Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 140

6 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: ās hai
composed 1821; Arshi #137

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{140,1}

sar-gashtagī meñ ʿālam-e hastī se yās hai
taskīñ ko de navīd kih marne kī ās hai

{140,2}

letā nahīñ mire dil-e āvārah kī ḳhabar
ab tak vuh jāntā hai kih mere hī pās hai

{140,3}

kīje bayāñ surūr-e tab-e ġham kahāñ talak
har mū mire badan pah zabān-e sipās hai

{140,4}

hai vuh ġhurūr-e ḥusn se begānah-e vafā
har-chand us ke pās dil-e ḥaq-shinās hai

{140,5}

pī jis qadar mile shab-e mahtāb meñ sharāb
is balġhamī mizāj ko garmī hī rās hai

{140,6}

har yak makān ko hai makīñ se sharaf asad
majnūñ jo mar gayā hai to jangal udās hai

The unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{140,7x}

kyā ġham hai us ko jis kā ʿalī sā imām ho
itnā bhī ai falak-zadah kyūñ be-ḥavās hai