Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 163

9 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: o āʾe
composed 1851; Arshi #216

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{163,1}

kahte to ho tum sab kih but-e ġhāliyah-mo āʾe
yak martabah ghabrā ke kaho koʾī kih vo āʾe

{163,2}

hūñ kashmakash-e nazʿa meñ hāñ jażb-e muḥabbat
kuchh kah nah sakūñ par vuh mire pūchhne ko āʾe

{163,3}

hai ṣāʿiqah-o-shuʿlah-o-sīmāb kā ʿālam
ānā hī samajh meñ mirī ātā nahīñ go āʾe

{163,4}

z̤āhir hai kih ghabrā ke nah bhāgeñge nakīreñ
hāñ muñh se magar bādah-e doshīnah kī bo āʾe

{163,5}

jallād se ḍarte haiñ nah vāʿiz̤ se jhagaṛte
ham samjhe huʾe haiñ use jis bhes meñ jo āʾe

{163,6}

hāñ ahl-e t̤alab kaun sune t̤aʿnah-e nā-yāft
dekhā kih vuh miltā nahīñ apne hī ko kho āʾe

{163,7}

apnā nahīñ vuh shevah kih ārām se baiṭheñ
us dar pah nahīñ bār to kaʿbe hī ko ho āʾe

{163,8}

kī ham-nafasoñ ne aṡar-e giryah meñ taqrīr
achchhe rahe āp us se magar mujh ko ḍubo āʾe

{163,9}

us anjuman-e nāz kī kyā bāt hai ġhālib
ham bhī gaʾe vāñ aur tirī taqdīr ko ro āʾe