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Gar che huN divana, par kyoN dost ka khaooN fareb?
Though I am crazy, but why should I get
duped by a friend?
AastiN me dushna pinhaN, hath meiN nashtar khula!
(His) sleeve holds a dagger in conceal,
while hand holds a surgeons knife in reveal
gar=though
Frareb=deception, treachery, duping
AastiN=sleeve Dushna=dagger
Nashtar=surgeon’s knife
This
is 3rd verse of Ghalib’s 14th Ghazal.
Meaning:
In this verse Ghalib tells us about an event
when his beloved disdains his love and he suffers a lunacy attack. His
friend, who is a surgeon, comes to restore his sanity. This friend is
carrying a surgeon’s knife in open. However Ghalib notices that the
surgeon is also hiding a dagger under his sleeve. Ghalib makes out that
this friend, in reality, has come to kill him..
He says though I suffer
from lunacy, I refuse to be duped by a friend who pretends to be my
caregiver but indeed is a killer. He says though my life without my
beloved is meaningless; yet, why should I be killed by treachery of a
friend? Before me, there are many other ways to end my life.
Note: In past the
surgeons treated insanity and melancholy by opening an artery to drain
some blood. This treatment did benefit the patient.
Finer aspects of this
verse: Ghalib has described the proverb
“Allah on lips and a dagger in armpit” in his unique style. A Ghalib’s
verse in reality is a story. The way he tells a story in two lines is
marvelous.
AsgharVasanwala
asgharf@roadrunner.com
July 29, 2007 |
