Tughluqabad

Red Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 218

3 divan verses (out of 3); rhyming elements: ār kī
composed 1855; Arshi #233

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{218,1}

rauñdī huʾī hai kaukabah-e shahryār kī
itrāʾe kyūñ nah ḳhāk sar-e rahguzār kī

{218,2}

jab us ke dekhne ke liye āʾeñ bādshāh
logoñ meñ kyūñ namūd nah ho lālah-zār kī

{218,3}

bhūke nahīñ haiñ sair-e gulistāñ ke ham vale
kyūñkar nah khāʾiye kih havā hai bahār kī