Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 229

7 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: aa kahe;N jise
composed 1816; Arshi #178

{229,1}

aa))iinah kyuu;N nah duu;N kih tamaashaa kahe;N jise
aisaa kahaa;N se laa))uu;N kih tujh saa kahe;N jise

{229,2}

;hasrat ne laa rakhaa tirii bazm-e ;xayaal me;N
gul-dastah-e nigaah suvaidaa kahe;N jise

{229,3}

phuu;Nkaa hai kis ne gosh-e mu;habbat me;N ai ;xudaa
afsuun-e inti:zaar tamannaa kahe;N jise

{229,4}

sar par hujuum-e dard-e ;Gariibii se ;Daaliye
vuh ek musht-e ;xaak kih .sa;hraa kahe;N jise

{229,5}

hai chashm-e tar me;N ;hasrat-e diidaar se nihaa;N
shauq-e ((inaa;N-gusii;xtah daryaa kahe;N jise

{229,6}

dar-kaar hai shiguftan-e gul'haa-e ((aish ko
.sub;h-e bahaar punbah-e miinaa kahe;N jise

{229,7}

;Gaalib buraa nah maan jo vaa((i:z buraa kahe
aisaa bhii ko))ii hai kih sab achchhaa kahe;N jise

An unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{229,8x}

yaa rab hame;N to ;xvaab me;N bhii mat dikhaa))iyo
yih ma;hshar-e ;xayaal kih dunyaa kahe;N jise