Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 167

10 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: am hu))e
composed after 1816; Arshi #191

{167,1}

be-i((tidaaliyo;N se subuk sab me;N ham hu))e
jitne ziyaadah ho ga))e utne hii kam hu))e

{167,2}

pinhaa;N thaa daam sa;xt qariib aashiyaan ke
u;Rne nah paa))e the kih giriftaar ham hu))e

{167,3}

hastii hamaarii apnii fanaa par daliil hai
yaa;N tak mi;Te kih aap ham apnii qasam hu))e

{167,4}

sa;xtii-kashaan-e ((ishq kii puuchhe hai kyaa ;xabar
vuh log raftah raftah saraapaa alam hu))e

{167,5}

terii vafaa se kyaa ho talaafii kih dahr me;N
tere sivaa bhii ham pah bahut se sitam hu))e

{167,6}

likhte rahe junuu;N kii ;hikaayaat-e ;xuu;N-chakaa;N
har-chand us me;N haath hamaare qalam hu))e

{167,7}

al-l;aah re terii tundii-e ;xuu jis ke biim se
ajzaa-e naalah dil me;N mire rizq-e ham hu))e

{167,8}

ahl-e havas kii fat;h hai tark-e nabard-e ((ishq
jo paa;Nv u;Th gaye vuhii un ke ((alam hu))e

{167,9}

naale ((adam me;N chand hamaare supurd the
jo vaa;N nah khi;Nch sake so vuh yaa;N aa ke dam hu))e

{167,10}

chho;Rii asad nah ham ne gadaa))ii me;N dil-lagii
saa))il hu))e to ((aashiq-e ahl-e karam hu))e