Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 197

2 verses; meter G9; rhyming elements: am hai
composed 1826; Arshi #195; Raza pp. 265-66

{197,1}

nah puuchh nus;xah-e marham jaraa;hat-e dil kaa
kih us me;N rezah-e almaas juzv-e a((:zam hai

{197,2}

bahut dino;N me;N ta;Gaaful ne tere paidaa kii
vuh ik nigah kih bah :zaahir nigaah se kam hai