Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 194

6 divan verses (out of 9); rhyming elements aar-e bistar hai
composed 1816; Arshi #160

{194,1}

tapish se merii vaqf-e kashmakash har taar-e bistar hai
miraa sar ranj-e baalii;N hai miraa tan baar-e bistar hai

{194,2}

sirishk-e sar bah .sa;hraa daadah nuur ul-((ain-e daaman hai
dil-e be-dast-o-paa uftaadah bar-;xvurdaar-e bistar hai

{194,3}

;xvushaa iqbaal-e ranjuurii ((iyaadat ko tum aa))e ho
furo;G-e sham((-e baalii;N :taala((-e bedaar-e bistar hai

{194,4}

bah :tuufaa;N-gaah-e josh-e i.z:tiraab-e shaam-e tanhaa))ii
shu((aa((-e aaftaab-e .sub;h-e ma;hshar taar-e bistar hai

{194,5}

abhii aatii hai buu baalish se us kii zulf-e mushkii;N kii
hamaarii diid ko ;xvaab-e zulai;xaa ((aar-e bistar hai

{194,6}

kahuu;N kyaa dil kii kyaa ;haalat hai hijr-e yaar me;N ;Gaalib
kih betaabii se har yak taar-e bistar ;xaar-e bistar hai

An unpublished verse from this ghazal:

{194,7x}

mizhah farsh-e rah-o-dil naatavaan-o-aarzuu mu.z:tar
bah paa-e ;xuftah sair-e vaadii-e pur-;xaar-e bistar hai