Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection
Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection
har ek baat pah kahte ho tum kih tuu
kyaa hai
tumhii;N kaho kih yih andaaz-e guft-guu kyaa hai
nah shu((le me;N yih karishmah nah barq
me;N yih adaa
ko))ii bataa))o kih vuh sho;x-e tund-;xuu kyaa hai
yih rashk hai kih vuh hotaa hai ham-su;xan
tum se
vagarnah ;xauf-e bad-aamozii-e ((aduu kyaa hai
chipak rahaa hai badan par lahuu se
pairaahan
hamaare jeb ko ab ;haajat-e rafuu kyaa hai
jalaa hai jism jahaa;N dil bhii jal
gayaa hogaa
kuredte ho jo ab raakh just-juu kyaa hai
rago;N me;N dau;Rte phirne ke ham nahii;N
qaa))il
jab aa;Nkh se hii nah ;Tapkaa to phir lahuu kyaa hai
vuh chiiz jis ke liye ham ko ho bihisht
((aziiz
sivaa-e baadah-e gul-faam-e mushk-buu kyaa hai
piyuu;N sharaab agar ;xum bhii dekh
luu;N do chaar
yih shiishah-o-qada;h-o-kuuzah-o-sabuu kyaa hai
rahii nah :taaqat-e guftaar aur agar
ho bhii
to kis umiid pah kahye kih aarzuu kyaa hai
hu))aa hai shah kaa mu.saa;hib phire
hai itraataa
vagarnah shahr me;N ;Gaalib kii aab-ruu kyaa hai