Tughluqabad

Red Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 183

9 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: ānī merī
composed after 1826; Arshi #200

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{183,1}

kab vuh suntā hai kahānī merī
aur phir vuh bhī zabānī merī

{183,2}

ḳhalish-e ġhamzah-e ḳhūñ-rez nah pūchh
dekh ḳhūñ-nābah-fishānī merī

{183,3}

kyā bayāñ kar ke mirā roʾeñge yār
magar āshuftah-bayānī merī

{183,4}

hūñ z ḳhvud-raftah-e baidā-e ḳhayāl
bhūl jānā hai nishānī merī

{183,5}

mutaqābil hai muqābil merā
ruk gayā dekh ravānī merī

{183,6}

qadr-e sang-e sar-e rah rakhtā hūñ
saḳht arzāñ hai girānī merī

{183,7}

gard-bād-e rah-e betābī hūñ
ṣarṣar-e shauq hai bānī merī

{183,8}

dahan us kā jo nah maʿlūm huʾā
khul gaʾī hech-madānī merī

{183,9}

kar diyā ẓuʿf ne ʿājiz ġhālib
nang-e pīrī hai javānī merī