Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 172

3 divan verses (out of 12); rhyming elements: ū mujhe
composed 1816; Arshi #148

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{172,1}

pā bah dāman ho rahā hūñ baskih maiñ ṣaḥrā-navard
ḳhār-e pā haiñ jauhar-e āʾīnah-e zānū mujhe

{172,2}

dekhnā ḥālat mire dil kī ham-āġhoshī ke vaqt
hai nigāh-e āshnā terā sar-e har mū mujhe

{172,3}

hūñ sarāpā sāz-e āhang-e shikāyat kuchh nah pūchh
hai yihī bahtar kih logoñ meñ nah chheṛe tū mujhe

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{172,4x}

bāʿiṡ-e vā-māñdagī hai ʿumr-e furṣat-jū mujhe
kar diyā hai pā bah zanjīr-e ram-e āhū mujhe

{172,5x}

ḳhāk-e furṣat bar sar-e żauq-e fanā ai intiz̤ār
hai ġhubār-e shīshah-e sāʿat ram-e āhū mujhe

{172,6x}

sāz-e īmā-e fanā hai ʿālam-e pīrī asad
qāmat-e ḳham se hai ḥāṣil shoḳhī-e abrū mujhe