Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 151

9 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: ā kiye
composed after 1847; Arshi #221

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{151,1}

us bazm meñ mujhe nahīñ bantī ḥayā kiye
baiṭhā rahā agarchih ishāre huʾā kiye

{151,2}

dil hī to hai siyāsat-e darbāñ se ḍar gayā
maiñ aur jāʾūñ dar se tire bin ṣadā kiye

{151,3}

rakhtā phirūñ hūñ ḳhirqah-o-sajjādah rahn-e mai
muddat huʾī hai daʿvat-e āb-o-havā kiye

{151,4}

be-ṣarfah hī guzartī hai ho garchih ʿumr-e ḳhiẓr
ḥaẓrat bhī kal kaheñge kih ham kyā kiyā kiye

{151,5}

maqdūr ho to ḳhāk se pūchhūñ kih ai laʾīm
tū ne vuh ganj'hā-e girāñ-māyah kyā kiye

{151,6}

kis roz tuhmateñ nah tarāshā kiye ʿadū
kis din hamāre sar pah nah āre chalā kiye

{151,7}

ṣuḥbat meñ ġhair kī nah paṛī ho kahīñ yih ḳhū
dene lagā hai bosah baġhair iltijā kiye

{151,8}

ẓid kī hai aur bāt magar ḳhū burī nahīñ
bhūle se us ne saiñkṛoñ vaʿde vafā kiye

{151,9}

ġhālib tumhīñ kaho kih milegā javāb kyā
mānā kih tum kahā kiye aur vuh sunā kiye