Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 142

2 divan verses (out of 6); rhyming elements: abī hai
composed 1816; Arshi #139

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{142,1}

tum apne shikve kī bāteñ nah khod khod ke pūchho
ḥażar karo mire dil se kih us meñ āg dabī hai

{142,2}

dilā yih dard-o-alam bhī to muġhtanam hai kih āḳhir
nah giryah-e saḥarī hai nah āh-e nīm-shabī hai

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{142,3x}

huʾā viṣāl se shauq-e dil-e ḥarīṣ ziyādah
lab-e qadah pah kaf-e bādah josh-e tishnah-labī hai

{142,4x}

ḳhvushā vuh dil kih sarāpā t̤ilism-e be-ḳhabarī ho
junūn-e yās-o-alam rizq-e muddaʿā-t̤alabī hai