Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection
nashshah'hā shādāb-e rang-o-sāz'hā
mast-e t̤arab
shīshah-e mai sarv-e sabz-e jūʾibār-e naġhmah hai
ham-nishīñ mat kah kih bar-ham kar
nah bazm-e ʿaish-e dost
vāñ to mere nāle ko bhī ětibār-e naġhmah hai
shoḳhī-e miẓrāb-e jaulāñ āb-yār-e naġhmah hai
barg-rez-e nāḳhun-e mut̤rib bahār-e naġhmah hai
kis se ai ġhaflat tujhe taʿbīr-e āgāhī mile
gosh'hā sīmābī-o-dil be-qarār-e naġhmah hai
sāz-e ʿaish-e be-dilī hai ḳhānah-vīrānī mujhe
sail yāñ kūk-e ṣadā-e ābshār-e naġhmah hai
sunbulī-ḳhvāñ hai bah żauq-e tār-e gesū-e darāz
nālah-e zanjīr-e majnūñ rishtah-dār-e naġhmah hai
shoḳhī-e faryād se hai pardah-e zanbūr gul
kisvat-e ījād-e bulbul ḳhār-ḳhār-e naġhmah hai
ġhaflat istiʿdād-e żauq-o-muddaʿā-ġhāfil asad
punbah-e gosh-e ḥarīfāñ pūd-o-tār-e naġhmah hai