Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 191

9 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: āʾe nah bane
composed 1852; Arshi #226

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{191,1}

nuktah-chīñ hai ġham-e dil us ko sunāʾe nah bane
kyā bane bāt jahāñ bāt banāʾe nah bane

{191,2}

maiñ bulātā to hūñ us ko magar ai jażbah-e dil
us pah ban jāʾe kuchh aisī kih bin āʾe nah bane

{191,3}

khel samjhā hai kahīñ chhoṛ nah de bhūl nah jāʾe
kāsh yūñ bhī ho kih bin mere satāʾe nah bane

{191,4}

ġhair phirtā hai liye yūñ tire ḳhat̤ ko kih agar
koʾī pūchhe kih yih kyā hai to chhupāʾe nah bane

{191,5}

is nazākat kā burā ho vuh bhale haiñ to kyā
hāth āveñ to uñheñ hāth lagāʾe nah bane

{191,6}

kah sake kaun kih yih jalvah-garī kis kī hai
pardah chhoṛā hai vuh us ne kih uṭhāʾe nah bane

{191,7}

maut kī rāh nah dekhūñ kih bin āʾe nah rahe
tum ko chāhūñ kih nah āʾo to bulāʾe nah bane

{191,8}

bojh vuh sar se girā hai kih uṭhāʾe nah uṭhe
kām vuh ān paṛā hai kih banāʾe nah bane

{191,9}

ʿishq par zor nahīñ hai yih vuh ātish ġhālib
kih lagāʾe nah lage aur bujhāʾe nah bane