Verse 4after 1816aariihaa))e haa))e
G1
1
if you made a promise of life-long faithfulness, then so what?
2
not even a lifetime has stability-- 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 |
Although you promised to uphold it for a lifetime, your life did not show faithfulness. (149)
== Nazm page 149
He says, even if you promised to keep meeting with me faithfully for a whole lifetime, then so what? Your lifetime itself was not faithful to you, and you were forced to depart from the world, leaving me writhing [in grief]. (205)
If you promised to be faithful for a whole lifetime, then what's the good? Life itself is unfaithful. (272)
For extensive commentary on this whole very unusual ghazal, see 139,1 .
I can't think of anything to add to what the commentators have said.
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