Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

Ghazal 212

4 verses; meter G1; rhyming elements: aa-e ;xandah hai
composed 1816; Arshi #167; Raza p. 191

{212,1}

((ar.z-e naaz-e sho;xii-e dandaa;N baraa))e ;xandah hai
da((vaa-e jam((iyyat-e a;hbaab jaa-e ;xandah hai

{212,2}

hai ((adam me;N ;Gunchah ma;hv-e ((ibrat-e anjaam-e gul
yak-jahaa;N zaanuu ta))ammul dar-qa.zaa-e ;xandah hai

{212,3}

kulfat-e afsurdagii ko ((aish-e betaabii ;haraam
varnah dandaa;N dar dil afshurdan binaa-e ;xandah hai

{212,4}

shorish-e baa:tin ke hai;N a;hbaab munkir varnah yaa;N
dil mu;hii:t-e giryah-o-lab aashnaa-e ;xandah hai