Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 216

3 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: am kyā hai
composed 1858-1865; Arshi #234

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{216,1}

bahut sahī ġham-e gītī sharāb kam kyā hai
ġhulām-e sāqī-e kauṡar hūñ mujh ko ġham kyā hai

{216,2}

tumhārī t̤arz-o-ravish jānte haiñ ham kyā hai
raqīb par hai agar lut̤f to sitam kyā hai

{216,3}

suḳhan meñ ḳhāmah-e ġhālib kī ātish-afshānī
yaqīñ hai ham ko bhī lekin ab us meñ dam kyā hai

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{216,4x}

nah ḥashr-o-nashr kā qāʾil nah kesh-o-millat kā
ḳhudā ke vāst̤e aise kī phir qasam kyā hai

{216,5x}

vuh dād-o-dīd-e girāñ-māyah shart̤ hai hamdam
vagarnah muhr-e sulaimān-o-jām-e jam kyā hai