Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 193

5 divan verses (out of 6); rhyming elements: aab to de
composed after 1821; Arshi #187

{193,1}

vuh aa ke ;xvaab me;N taskiin-e i.z:tiraab to de
vale mujhe tapish-e dil majaal-e ;xvaab to de

{193,2}

kare hai qatl lagaava;T me;N teraa ro denaa
tirii :tara;h ko))ii te;G-e nigah ko aab to de

{193,3}

dikhaa ke junbish-e lab hii tamaam kar ham ko
nah de jo bosah to mu;Nh se kahii;N javaab to de

{193,4}

pilaa de ok se saaqii jo ham se nafrat hai
piyaalah gar nahii;N detaa nah de sharaab to de

{193,5}

asad ;xvushii se mire haath paa;Nv phuul ga))e
kahaa jo us ne ;zaraa mere paa;Nv daab to de

The unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{193,6x}

yih kaun kahve hai aabaad kar hame;N lekin
kabhii zamaanah muraad-e dil-e ;xaraab to de