Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 176

7 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: am āge
composed 1826; Arshi #192

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{176,1}

ʿajab nashāt̤ se jallād ke chale haiñ ham āge
kih apne sāʾe se sar pāñv se hai do qadam āge

{176,2}

qaẓā ne thā mujhe chāhā ḳharāb-e bādah-e ulfat
faqat̤ ḳharāb likhā bas nah chal sakā qalam āge

{176,3}

ġham-e zamānah ne jhāṛī nashāt̤-e ʿishq kī mastī
vagarnah ham bhī uṭhāte the lażżat-e alam āge

{176,4}

ḳhudā ke vāst̤e dād us junūn-e shauq kī denā
kih us ke dar pah pahuñchte haiñ nāmah-bar se ham āge

{176,5}

yih ʿumr bhar jo pareshāniyāñ uṭhāʾī haiñ ham ne
tumhāre āʾiyo ai t̤urrah'hā-e ḳham bah ḳham āge

{176,6}

dil-o-jigar meñ par-afshāñ jo ek maujah-e ḳhūñ hai
ham apne zuʿm meñ samjhe huʾe the us ko dam āge

{176,7}

qasam janāze pah āne kī mere khāte haiñ ġhālib
hameshah khāte the jo merī jān kī qasam āge