Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection
Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection
((ajab nashaa:t se jallaad ke chale
hai;N ham aage
kih apne saa))e se sar paa;Nv se hai do qadam aage
qa.zaa ne thaa mujhe chaahaa ;xaraab-e
baadah-e ulfat
faqa:t ;xaraab likhaa bas nah chal sakaa qalam aage
;Gam-e zamaanah ne jhaa;Rii nashaa:t-e
((ishq kii mastii
vagarnah ham bhii u;Thaate the la;z;zat-e alam aage
;xudaa ke vaas:te daad us junuun-e
shauq kii denaa
kih us ke dar pah pahu;Nchte hai;N naamah-bar se ham aage
yih ((umr bhar jo pareshaaniyaa;N u;Thaa))ii
hai;N ham ne
tumhaare aa))iyo ai :turrah'haa-e ;xam bah ;xam aage
dil-o-jigar me;N par-afshaa;N jo ek
maujah-e ;xuu;N hai
ham apne zu((m me;N samjhe hu))e the us ko dam aage
qasam janaaze pah aane kii mere khaate
hai;N ;Gaalib
hameshah khaate the jo merii jaan kii qasam aage