Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 170

7 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: ār nahīñ hai
composed 1821; Arshi #145

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{170,1}

ā kih mirī jān ko qarār nahīñ hai
t̤āqat-e be-dād-e intiz̤ār nahīñ hai

{170,2}

dete haiñ jannat ḥayāt-e dahr ke badle
nashshah bah andāzah-e ḳhumār nahīñ hai

{170,3}

giryah nikāle hai terī bazm se mujh ko
hāʾe kih rone pah iḳhtiyār nahīñ hai

{170,4}

ham se ʿabaṡ hai gumān-e ranjish-e ḳhāt̤ir
ḳhāk meñ ʿushshāq kī ġhubār nahīñ hai

{170,5}

dil se uṭhā lut̤f-e jalvah'hā-e maʿānī
ġhair-e gul āʾīnah-e bahār nahīñ hai

{170,6}

qatl kā mere kiyā hai ʿahd to bāre
vāʾe agar ʿahd ustuvār nahīñ hai

{170,7}

tū ne qasam mai-kashī kī khāʾī hai ġhālib
terī qasam kā kuchh ětibār nahīñ hai