Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 159

7 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: ar mile
composed after 1847; Arshi #212

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{159,1}

taskīñ ko ham nah roʾeñ jo żauq-e naz̤ar mile
ḥūrān-e ḳhuld meñ tirī ṣūrat magar mile

{159,2}

apnī galī meñ mujh ko nah kar dafn baʿd-e qatl
mere pate se ḳhalq ko kyūñ terā ghar mile

{159,3}

sāqī-garī kī sharm karo āj varnah ham
har shab piyā hī karte haiñ mai jis qadar mile

{159,4}

tujh se to kuchh kalām nahīñ lekin ai nadīm
merā salām kahyo agar nāmah-bar mile

{159,5}

tum ko bhī ham dikhāʾeñ kih majnūñ ne kyā kiyā
furṣat kashākash-e ġham-e pinhāñ se gar mile

{159,6}

lāzim nahīñ kih ḳhiẓr kī ham pai-ravī kareñ
jānā kih ik buzurg hameñ ham-safar mile

{159,7}

ai sākinān-e kūchah-e dildār dekhnā
tum ko kahīñ jo ġhālib-e āshuftah-sar mile