Tughluqabad

Agra Fort, from the Berger Collection

 

Ghazal 217

5 verses; meter G5; rhyming elements: aataa hai mujhe
composed 1816; Arshi #170; Raza p. 184

{217,1}

baa;G paa kar ;xafaqaanii yih ;Daraataa hai mujhe
saayah-e shaa;x-e gul af((ii na:zar aataa hai mujhe

{217,2}

jauhar-e te;G bah sar-chashmah-e diigar ma((luum
huu;N mai;N vuh sabzah kih zahraab ugaataa hai mujhe

{217,3}

mudda((aa ma;hv-e tamaashaa-e shikast-e dil hai
aa))inah-;xaane me;N ko))ii liye jaataa hai mujhe

{217,4}

naalah sarmaayah-e yak-((aalam-o-((aalam kaf-e ;xaak
aasmaa;N be.zah-e qumrii na:zar aataa hai mujhe

{217,5}

zindagii me;N to vuh ma;hfil se u;Thaa dete the
dekhuu;N ab mar ga))e par kaun u;Thaataa hai mujhe