Verse 11after 1816aariihaa))e haa))e


G1

1
the ear is separated from a message; and the eye, deprived of beauty
2
a single heart, concerning which-- this non-hopefulness-- 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 . For a far more complexly Ghalibian treatment of the eye versus the ear, see 169,2 . Also, why instead of ? Normally we wouldn't suspect Ghalib of making do with any casually convenient word just for the sake of the refrain; but then, this isn't a normal ghazal. graphics/lostheart.jpg