Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 204

10 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: an kī āzmāʾish hai
composed 1852; Arshi #224

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{204,1}

ḥuẓūr-e shāh meñ ahl-e suḳhan kī āzmāʾish hai
chaman meñ ḳhvush-navāyān-e chaman kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,2}

qad-o-gesū meñ qais-o-kohkan kī āzmāʾish hai
jahāñ ham haiñ vahāñ dār-o-rasan kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,3}

kareñge kohkan ke ḥauṣle kā imtiḥāñ āḳhir
abhī us ḳhastah ke nīrū-e tan kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,4}

nasīm-e miṣr ko kyā pīr-e kanʿāñ kī havā-ḳhvāhī
use yūsuf kī bū-e pairahan kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,5}

vuh āyā bazm meñ dekho nah kahyo phir kih ġhāfil the
shikeb-o-ṣabr-e ahl-e anjuman kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,6}

rahe dil hī meñ tīr achchhā jigar ke pār ho bahtar
ġharaẓ shast-e but-e nāvak-figan kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,7}

nahīñ kuchh subḥah-o-zunnār ke phande meñ gīrāʾī
vafādārī meñ shaiḳh-o-barhaman kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,8}

paṛā rah ai dil-e vā-bastah betābī se kyā ḥāṣil
magar phir tāb-e zulf-e pur-shikan kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,9}

rag-o-pai meñ jab utre zahr-e ġham tab dekhiye kyā ho
abhī to talḳhī-e kām-o-dahan kī āzmāʾish hai

{204,10}

vuh āveñge mire ghar vaʿdah kaisā dekhnā ġhālib
naʾe fitnoñ meñ ab charḳh-e kuhan kī āzmāʾish hai