Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 206

4 divan verses (out of 5); rhyming elements: aamat hai
composed 1816; Arshi #165

{206,1}

z-baskih mashq-e tamaashaa junuu;N-((alaamat hai
kushaad-o-bast-e mizhah siilii-e nadaamat hai

{206,2}

nah jaanuu;N kyuu;Nkih mi;Te daa;G-e :ta((n-e bad-((ahdii
tujhe kih aa))inah bhii var:tah-e malaamat hai

{206,3}

bah pech-o-taab-e havas silk-e ((aafiyat mat to;R
nigaah-e ((ajz sar-e rishtah-e salaamat hai

{206,4}

vafaa muqaabil-o-da((vaa-e ((ishq be-bunyaad
junuun-e saa;xtah-o-fa.sl-e gul qiyaamat hai

The unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{206,5x}

asad bahaar-e tamaashaa-e gulsitaan-e ;hayaat
vi.saal-e laalah-((i;zaaraan-e sarv-qaamat hai