Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 199

4 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: īñ hai
composed 1816; Arshi #162

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{199,1}

kare hai bādah tire lab se kasb-e rang-e furoġh
ḳhat̤-e piyālah sarāsar nigāh-e gul-chīñ hai

{199,2}

kabhī to is dil-e shorīdah kī bhī dād mile
kih ek ʿumr se ḥasrat-parast-e bālīñ hai

{199,3}

bajā hai gar nah sune nālah'hā-e bulbul-e zār
kih gosh-e gul nam-e shabnam se punbah-āgīñ hai

{199,4}

asad hai nazʿa meñ chal be-vafā barā-e ḳhudā
maqām-e tark-e ḥijāb-o-vidāʿ-e tamkīñ hai

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{199,5x}

shafaq bah daʿvâ-e ʿāshiq gavāh-e rangīñ hai
kih māh duzd-e ḥinā-e kaf-e nigārīñ hai

{199,6x}

nah pūchh kuchh sar-o-sāmān-e kārobār-e asad
junūñ-muʿāmalah bedil faqīr-e miskīñ hai