Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 146

2 divan verses (out of 8); rhyming elements: ūd-e chirāġh-e kushtah hai
composed 1816; Arshi #151

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{146,1}

raḥm kar z̤ālim kih kyā būd-e chirāġh-e kushtah hai
nabẓ-e bīmār-e vafā dūd-e chirāġh-e kushtah hai

{146,2}

dil-lagī kī ārzū be-chain rakhtī hai hameñ
varnah yāñ be-raunaqī sūd-e chirāġh-e kushtah hai

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{146,3x}

nashshah-e mai be-chaman dūd-e chirāġh-e kushtah hai
jām dāġh-e shuʿlah-andūd-e chirāġh-e kushtah hai

{146,4x}

dāġh-e rabt̤-e ham haiñ ahl-e bāġh gar gul ho shahīd
lālah chashm-e ḥasrat-ālūd-e chirāġh-e kushtah hai

{146,5x}

shor hai kis bazm kī ʿarẓ-e jarāḥat-ḳhānah kā
ṣubḥ yak-bazm-e namak sūd-e chirāġh-e kushtah hai