Mirza Asadullah Khan (Ghalib)-27-12-1797(Agra) To 15-02-1869 (Delhi)
Interpretation-Ghazal-41
1.
You taunted me for my passion and mocked me. Now you have looked into the mirror and have fallen yourself in love with your own aspect,
Now, what has become of your pride for not giving your heart.
(Pride accomplished nothing, she became infatuated with her own self.)
(She is proud of not giving her heart to anyone. That is why she is so perplexed to see that she has given it to herself.)
2.
Please do not kill the messenger with your own hands, a messenger is not to be punished,
The sin is mine, and my head is at your service.
(The height of jealousy. He can not stand it even if she kills someone with her own hands. He longs to be killed.)
(This deed is beneath your dignity. Do not become ill-famed.)
(This sort of true fun, only "Ghalib" can sketch.
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