Qila-e-akbarabad, Urdu Nazam By Ismail Merathi

wo bargah-e-KHas ki pakiza imarat
taban the jahan nayyar-e-shahi-o-wazarat
baDhti thi jahan nazm-o-siysasat ki mahaarat
aati thi jahan fath-e-mamalik ki bashaarat
jun shahna-e-ma’zul paDi hai wo akarat
sayyah kiya karte hain ab us ki ziyarat

kahta hai suKHan-fahm se yun katba daron ka
tha maKHzan-e-asrar yahi taj-waron ka

aurang-e-siyah-rang jo qaem hai lab-e-baam
bosa jise deta tha har ek zubda-e-uzzam
ashaar mein sabt us pe jahangir ka hai nam
shair ka qalam us ki baqa likhta hai madam
par saf nazar aata hai kuchh aur hi anjam
salim nahin chhoDegi ise gardish-e-ayyam

farsudgi-e-dahr ne shaq ab to kya hai
aainda ki naslon ko sabaq KHub diya hai

han kis liye KHamosh hai o taKHt-e-jigar-resh
kis gham mein siyah-posh hai kya sog hai dar-pesh
kamli hai tere dosh pe kyun surat-e-darwesh
jogi hai tera panth ki sufi hai tera kesh
bola ki zamane ne diya nosh kabhi nesh
sadiyan mujhe guzri hain yahan tin kam-o-besh

sadqe kabhi mujh par guhar-o-lal hue the
shahan-e-muazzam ke qadam main ne chhue the

us ahd ka baqi koi saman hai na asbab
fawware shikasta hain to sab hauz hain be-ab
wo jam-e-bilorin hain na wo gauhar-e-nayab
wo chilmanen zar-tar na wo bistar-e-kam-KHwab
hangama jo guzra hai so afsana tha ya KHwab
ye maraz-e-KHuddam tha wo mauqif-e-hajjab

wo bazm na wo daur na wo jam na saqi
han taq-o-rawaq aur dar-o-baam hain baqi

darshan ke jharoke ki paDi thi yahin buniyaad
hoti thi tula-dan mein kya kya dahish-o-dad
wo adl ki zanjir hui thi yahin ijad
jo sam-e-shahanshah mein pahunchati thi fariyaad
wo nur-jahan aur jahangir ki uftad
us kaKH-e-humayun ko ba-tafsil hai sab yaad

har-chand ki be-kar ye tamir paDi hai
qadr us ki moarriKH ki nigahon mein baDi hai

wo daur hai baqi na wo ayyam-o-ayali
jo waqia hissi tha so hai aaj KHayali
har koshak-o-aiwan har ek manzil-e-ali
ibrat se hai pur aur makinon se hai KHali

ye jumla-mahallat jo sunsan paDe hain
patthar ka kaleja kiye hairan khaDe hain