Verse 10after 1816aariihaa))e haa))e


G1

1
how would anyone pass the black nights of the rainy season?
2
the gaze is habituated to star-counting-- alas!

References
Arshi, Imtiyaz Ali Ghazal# 136
Raza, Kalidas Gupta 297-98
Nuskhah-e-Hamidiyah 187-188
Asi, Abdul Bari 218
Hamid Ali Khan Open Image

For extensive commentary on this whole very unusual ghazal, see 139,1 . I have nothing to add to the commentators' explanations. graphics/lostheart.jpg