Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 229

7 divan verses (out of 10); rhyming elements: ā kaheñ jise
composed 1816; Arshi #178

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{229,1}

āʾīnah kyūñ nah dūñ kih tamāshā kaheñ jise
aisā kahāñ se lāʾūñ kih tujh sā kaheñ jise

{229,2}

ḥasrat ne lā rakhā tirī bazm-e ḳhayāl meñ
gul-dastah-e nigāh suvaidā kaheñ jise

{229,3}

phūñkā hai kis ne gosh-e muḥabbat meñ ai ḳhudā
afsūn-e intiz̤ār tamannā kaheñ jise

{229,4}

sar par hujūm-e dard-e ġharībī se ḍāliye
vuh ek musht-e ḳhāk kih ṣaḥrā kaheñ jise

{229,5}

hai chashm-e tar meñ ḥasrat-e dīdār se nihāñ
shauq-e ʿināñ-gusīḳhtah daryā kaheñ jise

{229,6}

dar-kār hai shiguftan-e gul'hā-e ʿaish ko
ṣubḥ-e bahār punbah-e mīnā kaheñ jise

{229,7}

ġhālib burā nah mān jo vāʿiz̤ burā kahe
aisā bhī koʾī hai kih sab achchhā kaheñ jise

An unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{229,8x}

yā rab hameñ to ḳhvāb meñ bhī mat dikhāʾiyo
yih maḥshar-e ḳhayāl kih dunyā kaheñ jise