Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 174

10 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: āl achchhā hai
composed after 1847; Arshi #217

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{174,1}

ḥusn-e mah garchih bah hangām-e kamāl achchhā hai
us se merā mah-e ḳhvurshīd-jamāl achchhā hai

{174,2}

bosah dete nahīñ aur dil pah hai har laḥz̤ah nigāh
jī meñ kahte haiñ kih muft āʾe to māl achchhā hai

{174,3}

aur bāzār se le āʾe agar ṭūṭ gayā
sāġhar-e jam se mirā jām-e safāl achchhā hai

{174,4}

be-t̤alab deñ to mazah us meñ sivā miltā hai
vuh gadā jis ko nah ho ḳhū-e savāl achchhā hai

{174,5}

un ke dekhe se jo ā jātī hai raunaq muñh par
vuh samajhte haiñ kih bīmār kā ḥāl achchhā hai

{174,6}

dekhiye pāte haiñ ʿushshāq butoñ se kyā faiẓ
ik barahman ne kahā hai kih yih sāl achchhā hai

{174,7}

ham-suḳhan teshe ne farhād ko shīrīñ se kiyā
jis t̤araḥ kā kih kisī meñ ho kamāl achchhā hai

{174,8}

qat̤rah daryā meñ jo mil jāʾe to daryā ho jāʾe
kām achchhā hai vuh jis kā kih maʾāl achchhā hai

{174,9}

ḳhiẓr sult̤āñ ko rakhe ḳhāliq-e akbar sar-sabz
shāh ke bāġh meñ yih tāzah nihāl achchhā hai

{174,10}

ham ko maʿlūm hai jannat kī ḥaqīqat lekin
dil ke ḳhvush rakhne ko ġhālib yih ḳhayāl achchhā hai