Interpretation-Ghazal-30

1.
At the time of travel, when the beloved placed a litter on a camel and bound it on,
The heart of my ardor bound to every sand-grain a heart that remained in the company of beloved until the end of the journey.
(In the burning of the sand-grains and the heat of the heart,the cause of similitude is clear.)
(The pleasure is in unexpected wordplay.The whole occasion is hot.)


2.
The brightness of the polish marks on a mirror(Which seem to be moving in different ways and directions) is a wounded parrot,
Which has been wounded by the knife of mischievousness of coquetry.
(The greenness of the polish-marks on a mirror does not stay(Visible) steady from every direction.For this reason he has given it the simile of a wounded parrot.)
(Her coquetry and her beauty are such that if someone with a heart like iron sees her,first he will be struck with amazement,then like the polish-marks on the mirror he will keep writhing forever.)
(Here is "Ghalib" being,surely self-consciously,"Ghalibian". Parrot reflects human speech and mirror reflects human faces.)


3.
Weakness of courage bound an enchanted world, in which despair and hope fighting each other,
Despair wants to conquer, hope wants to be the victor.
(The person who does not have courage becomes a questioner and remains absorbed in hope and terror.)
(A magical mystery tour of human psychology in two small lines,like an enchanted world.)


4.
The theme of the relish of poetry, oh Ghalib, could not be versified the way I wanted to versify them,
Although I unrestrainedly versified the sea as a shore.
(Although the shore keeps the sea in its embrace,nevertheless it looks dry-lopped.)
(The restlessness of the sea may fit into a pearl,but ardor complains of lack of space even in a vast place like heart.)
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