Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 212

4 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: aa-e ;xandah hai
composed 1816; Arshi #167

{212,1}

((ar.z-e naaz-e sho;xii-e dandaa;N baraa))e ;xandah hai
da((vaa-e jam((iyyat-e a;hbaab jaa-e ;xandah hai

{212,2}

hai ((adam me;N ;Gunchah ma;hv-e ((ibrat-e anjaam-e gul
yak-jahaa;N zaanuu ta))ammul dar-qafaa-e ;xandah hai

{212,3}

kulfat-e afsurdagii ko ((aish-e be-taabii ;haraam
varnah dandaa;N dar dil afshurdan binaa-e ;xandah hai

{212,4}

shorish-e baa:tin ke hai;N a;hbaab munkir varnah yaa;N
dil mu;hii:t-e giryah-o-lab aashnaa-e ;xandah hai

The unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{212,5x}

;xvud-faroshiihaa-e hastii baskih jaa-e ;xandah hai
har shikast-e qiimat-e dil me;N .sadaa-e ;xandah hai

{212,6x}

naqsh-e ((ibrat dar na:zar yaa naqd-e ((ishrat dar bi.saa:t
do-jahaa;N vus((at bah qadr-e yak fa.zaa-e ;xandah hai

{212,7x}

jaa-e istihzaa hai ((ishrat-koshii-e hastii asad
.sub;h-o-shabnam fur.sat-e nushv-o-numaa-e ;xandah hai