Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

Ghazal 145

4 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: ā hai
composed 1816; Arshi #181

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{145,1}

mirī hastī faẓā-e ḥairat ābād-e tamannā hai
jise kahte haiñ nālah vuh usī ʿālam kā ʿanqā hai

{145,2}

ḳhizāñ kyā faṣl-e gul kahte haiñ kis ko koʾī mausam ho
vuhī ham haiñ qafas hai aur mātam bāl-o-par kā hai

{145,3}

vafā-e dilbarāñ hai ittifāqī varnah ai hamdam
aṡar faryād-e dil'hā-e ḥazīñ kā kis ne dekhā hai

{145,4}

nah lāʾī shoḳhī-e andeshah tāb-e ranj-e naumīdī
kaf-e afsos malnā ʿahd-e tajdīd-e tamannā hai

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{145,5x}

nah sove ābaloñ meñ gar sirishk-e dīdah-e nam se
bah jaulāñ-gāh-e naumīdī nigāh-e ʿājizāñ pā hai

{145,6x}

bah saḳhtīhā-e qaid-e zindagī maʿlūm āzādī
sharar bhī ṣaid-e dām-e rishtah-e rag'hā-e ḳhārā hai

Some verses from {358x}, an unpublished ghazal from the same year:

{145,7x}

taġhāful-mashrabī se nā-tamāmī baskih paidā hai
nigāh-e nāz chashm-e yār meñ zunnār-e mīnā hai

{145,8x}

taṣarruf vaḥshiyoñ meñ hai taṣavvurhā-e majnūñ kā
savād-e chashm-e āhū ʿaks-e ḳhāl-e rū-e lailā hai

{145,9x}

muḥabbat t̤arz-e paivand-e nihāl-e dostī jāne
davīdan reshah sāñ muft-e rag-e ḳhvāb-e zulaiḳhā hai

{145,10x}

kiyā yak-sar gudāz-e dil niyāz-e joshish-e ḥasrat
suvaidā nusḳhah-e tah-bandī-e dāġh-e tamannā hai

{145,11x}

hujūm-e rezish-e ḳhūñ ke sabab rang uṛ nahīñ saktā
ḥinā-e panjah-e ṣaiyād murġh-e rishtah bar-pā hai

Some verses from {359x}, another unpublished ghazal from the same year:

{145,12x}

aṡar soz-e muḥabbat kā qiyāmat be-muḥābā hai
kih rag se sang meñ tuḳhm-e sharar kā reshah paidā hai

{145,13x}

nihāñ hai gauhar-e maqṣūd jeb-e ḳhvud-shināsī meñ
kih yāñ ġhavvāṣ hai timṡāl aur āʾīnah daryā hai

{145,14x}

ʿazīzo żikr-e vaṣl-e ġhair se mujh ko nah bahlāʾo
kih yāñ afsūn-e ḳhvāb afsānah-e ḳhvāb-e zulaiḳhā hai

{145,15x}

taṣavvur bahr-e taskīn-e tapīdanhā-e t̤ifl-e dil
bah bāġh-e rang'hā-e raftah gul-chīn-e tamāshā hai

{145,16x}

bah saʿī-e ġhair hai qat̤ʿ-e libās-e ḳhānah-vīrānī
kih nāz-e jādah-e rah rishtah-e dāmān-e ṣaḥrā hai