Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 171

3 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: il hai
composed 1816; Arshi #146

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{171,1}

hujūm-e ġham se yāñ tak sar-nigūnī mujh ko ḥāṣil hai
kih tār-e dāman-o-tār-e naz̤ar meñ farq mushkil hai

{171,2}

rafū-e zaḳhm se mat̤lab hai lażżat zaḳhm-e sozan kī
samajhyo mat kih pās-e dard se dīvānah ġhāfil hai

{171,3}

vuh gul jis gulsitāñ meñ jalvah-farmāʾī kare ġhālib
chaṭaknā ġhunchah-e gul kā ṣadā-e ḳhandah-e dil hai

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{171,4x}

huʾā hai mānʿa-e ʿāshiq-navāzī nāz-e ḳhvud-bīnī
takalluf bar-t̤araf āʾīnah-e tamyīz ḥāʾil hai

{171,5x}

bah sail-e ashk laḳht-e dil hai dāman-gīr mizhgāñ kā
ġharīq-e baḥr jūyā-e ḳhas-o-ḳhāshāk-e sāḥil hai