Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 201

9 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: ar hai kyā kahiye
composed 1853; Arshi #227

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{201,1}

diyā hai dil agar us ko bashar hai kyā kahiye
huʾā raqīb to ho nāmah-bar hai kyā kahiye

{201,2}

yih ẓid kih āj nah āve aur āʾe bin nah rahe
qaẓā se shikvah hameñ kis qadar hai kyā kahiye

{201,3}

rahe hai yūñ gah-o-be-gah kih kū-e dost ko ab
agar nah kahye kih dushman kā ghar hai kyā kahiye

{201,4}

zahe kirishmah kih yūñ de rakhā hai ham ko fareb
kih bin kahe bhī uñheñ sab ḳhabar hai kyā kahiye

{201,5}

samajh ke karte haiñ bāzār meñ vuh pursish-e ḥāl
kih yih kahe kih sar-e rahguzar hai kyā kahiye

{201,6}

tumheñ nahīñ hai sar-e rishtah-e vafā kā ḳhayāl
hamāre hāth meñ kuchh hai magar hai kyā kahiye

{201,7}

uñheñ savāl pah zuʿm-e junūñ hai kyūñ laṛiye
hameñ javāb se qat̤ʿ-e naz̤ar hai kyā kahiye

{201,8}

ḥasad sazā-e kamāl-e suḳhan hai kyā kīje
sitam bahā-e matāʿ-e hunar hai kyā kahiye

{201,9}

kahā hai kis ne kih ġhālib burā nahīñ lekin
sivā-e is ke kih āshuftah-sar hai kyā kahiye