Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 149

5 divan verses (out of 13); rhyming elements: ā mujhe
composed 1816; Arshi #141

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{149,1}

hai āramīdagī meñ nikohish bajā mujhe
ṣubḥ-e vat̤an hai ḳhandah-e dandāñ-numā mujhe

{149,2}

ḍhūñḍe hai us muġhannī-e ātish-nafas ko jī
jis kī ṣadā ho jalvah-e barq-e fanā mujhe

{149,3}

mastānah t̤ay karūñ hūñ rah-e vādī-e ḳhayāl
tā bāz-gasht se nah rahe muddaʿā mujhe

{149,4}

kartā hai baskih bāġh meñ tū be-ḥijābiyāñ
āne lagī hai nak'hat-e gul se ḥayā mujhe

{149,5}

khultā kisī pah kyūñ mire dil kā muʿāmalah
shiʿroñ ke intiḳhāb ne rusvā kiyā mujhe

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{149,6x}

vāñ rang'hā bah pardah-e tadbīr haiñ hanūz
yāñ shuʿlah-e chirāġh hai barg-e ḥinā mujhe

{149,7x}

parvāz'hā niyāz-e tamāshā-e ḥusn-e dost
bāl-e kushādah hai nigah-e āshnā mujhe

{149,8x}

az-ḳhvud-guzashtagī meñ ḳhamoshī pah ḥarf hai
mauj-e ġhubār-e surmah huʾī hai ṣadā mujhe

{149, 9x}

tā chand past-fit̤ratī-e t̤abʿ-e ārzū
yā rab mile bulandī-e dast-e duʿā mujhe

{149,10x}

maiñ ne junūñ se kī jo asad iltimās-e rang
ḳhūn-e jigar meñ ek hī ġhot̤ah diyā mujhe