Interpretation-Ghazal-45




1.
My poetry is a general benefit, and free advantages can be had from it,
And all these for one sole purpose, that my kindness would remain on the eye of the purchaser, the insight of the poetic understanding is obtained from this collyrium(Kohl).
(He has given for the pleasure of the sight the simile of kohl.)
(Ghalib has written this verse in praise of the beauty of his own poetry.)
(The obligation laid on us by the kindness of GHALIB will be on our eyes forever.)
2.
If permission to lament is not granted, I would die from the suppression of grief and you will feel sorrow,
And from the effect of that your heart too would be wounded, and in this way, from your face, my hidden grief would be manifest.
(Torment me with full ardor, but indeed, give me permission to complain, lest it happen that the Lord would give justice to the silent, and you would suffer for my endurance.)
(The lover's suppressed suffering would apparently have enough power to reveal its presence on the beloved's face instead of his own.)
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