Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 221

3 divan verses (out of 6); rhyming elements: āk hai
composed 1816; Arshi #172

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{221,1}

mastī bah ẓauq-e ġhaflat-e sāqī halāk hai
mauj-e sharāb yak mizhah-e ḳhvāb-nāk hai

{221,2}

juz zaḳhm-e teġh-e nāz nahīñ dil meñ ārzū
jeb-e ḳhayāl bhī tire hāthoñ se chāk hai

{221,3}

josh-e junūñ se kuchh naz̤ar ātā nahīñ asad
ṣaḥrā hamārī āñkh meñ yak musht-e ḳhāk hai

An unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{221,4x}

kulfat t̤ilism-e jalvah-e kaifiyat-e digar
zangār-ḳhvurdah āʾinah yak barg-e tāk hai