Tughluqabad

Red Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 231

9 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements: ūr kī
composed 1851; Arshi #223

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{231,1}

manz̤ūr thī yih shakl tajallī ko nūr kī
qismat khulī tire qad-o-ruḳh se z̤uhūr kī

{231,2}

ik ḳhūñ-chakāñ kafan meñ karoṛoñ banāʾo haiñ
paṛtī hai āñkh tere shahīdoñ pah ḥūr kī

{231,3}

vāʿiz̤ nah tum piyo nah kisī ko pilā sako
kyā bāt hai tumhārī sharāb-e t̤ahūr kī

{231,4}

laṛtā hai mujh se ḥashr meñ qātil kih kyūñ uṭhā
goyā abhī sunī nahīñ āvāz ṣūr kī

{231,5}

āmad bahār kī hai jo bulbul hai naġhmah-sanj
uṛtī-sī ik ḳhabar hai zabānī t̤ayūr kī

{231,6}

go vāñ nahīñ pah vāñ ke nikāle huʾe to haiñ
kaʿbe se un butoñ ko bhī nisbat hai dūr kī

{231,7}

kyā farẓ hai kih sab ko mile ek-sā javāb
āʾo nah ham bhī sair kareñ koh-e t̤ūr kī

{231,8}

garmī sahī kalām meñ lekin nah is qadar
kī jis se bāt us ne shikāyat ẓarūr kī

{231,9}

ġhālib gar us safar meñ mujhe sāth le chaleñ
ḥaj kā ṡavāb nażr karūñgā ḥuẓūr kī