Tughluqabad

Red Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 165

3 divan verses (out of 7); rhyming elements: aanii kii
composed 1816; Arshi #142

{165,1}

junuu;N tuhmat-kash-e taskii;N nah ho gar shaadmaanii kii
namak-paash-e ;xaraash-e dil hai la;z;zat zindagaanii kii

{165,2}

kashaakash'haa-e hastii se kare kyaa sa((ii-e aazaadii
hu))ii zanjiir mauj-e aab ko fur.sat ravaanii kii

{165,3}

pas az murdan bhii diivaanah ziyaarat-gaah-e :tiflaa;N hai
sharaar-e sang ne turbat pah merii gul-fishaanii kii

Some unpublished verses from this ghazal:

{165,4x}

takalluf bar-:taraf farhaad aur itnii subuk-dastii
;xayaal aasaa;N thaa lekin ;xvaab-e ;xusrau ne giraanii kii

{165,5x}

asad ko boriye me;N dhar ke phuu;Nkaa mauj-e hastii ne
faqiirii me;N bhii baaqii hai sharaarat nau-javaanii kii