qasr-e-shahi mein ki mumkin nahin ghairon ka guzar
ek din nur-jahan baam pe thi jalwa-figan
koi shamat-zada rahgir udhar aa nikla
garche thi qasr mein har chaar taraf se qadghan
ghairat-e-husn se begam ne tamancha mara
KHak par Dher tha ek kushta-e-be-gor-o-kafan
sath hi shah-e-jahangir ko pahunchi jo KHabar
ghaiz se aa gai abru-e-adalat pe shikan
hukm bheja ki kanizan-e-shabistan-e-shahi
ja ke puchh aaen ki sach ya ki ghalat hai ye suKHan
naKHwat-e-husn se begam ne ba-sad-naz kaha
meri jaanib se karo arz ba-ain-e-hasan
han mujhe waqea-e-qatl se inkar nahin
mujh se namus-e-haya ne ye kaha tha ki bazan
us ki gustaKH-nigahi ne kiya us ko halak
kishwar-e-husn mein jari hai yahi shara-e-kuhan
mufti-e-din se jahangir ne fatwa puchha
ki shariat mein kisi ko nahin kuchh ja-e-suKHan
mufti-e-din ne be-KHauf-o-KHatar saf kaha
shara kahti hai ki qatil ki uDa do gardan
log darbar mein is hukm se tharra uTThe
par jahangir ke abru pe na bal tha na shikan
tarkashon ko ye diya hukm ki andar ja kar
pahle begam ko karen basta-e-zanjir-o-rasan
phir usi tarah use khinch ke bahar laen
aur jallad ko den hukm ki han tegh bazan
ye wahi nur-jahan hai ki haqiqat mein yahi
thi jahangir ke parde mein shahanshah-e-zaman
us ki peshani-e-nazuk pe jo paDti thi girah
ja ke ban jati thi auraq-e-hukumat pe shikan
ab na wo nur-jahan hai na wo andaz-e-ghurur
na wo ghamze hain na wo arbada-e-sabr-shikan
ab wahi panw har ek gam pe tharraate hain
jin ki raftar se pamal the murghan-e-chaman
ek mujrim hai ki jis ka koi hami na shafi
ek bekas hai ki jis ka na koi ghar na watan
KHidmat-e-shah mein begam ne ye bheja paigham
KHun-baha bhi to shariat mein ek amr-e-ahsan
mufti-e-shara se phir shah ne fatwa puchha
bole jaez hai raza-mand hun gar bachcha o zan
warison ko jo diye lakh diram begam ne
sab ne darbar mein ki arz ki ai shah-e-zaman
hum ko maqtul ka lena nahin manzur qisas
qatl ka hukm jo ruk jae to hai mustahsan
ho chuka jab ki shahanshah ko pura ye yaqin
ki nahin is mein koi shaeba-e-hila-o-fan
uTh ke darbar se aahista chala su-e-haram
thi jahan nur-jahan mo'takif-e-bait-e-KHazan
dafatan panw pe begam ke gira aur ye kaha
tu agar kushta shudi aah che mi kardam man
Nazm
Adl-e-jahangiri
Shibli Nomani