Verse 10after 1816aariihai
G8
In this meter the first long syllable may be replaced by a short; and the next-to-last long syllable may be replaced by two shorts.
1
in the world tyranny/darkness is taking place
2
again there is the court-record-keeping/'connection-possessing' of the curls
'Darkness, gloom; violence, outrage, wrong, injustice, iniquity; tyranny, oppression'.
'Rope, cord, thread, line; series; connection, affinity; practice, course, custom, usage, form; rites, ceremonies; --office, employment; record-office'.
'An officer whose business it is to lay petitions before judicial officers and to write down the orders passed on them; chief record-keeper and court reader'.
| References | |
|---|---|
| Arshi, Imtiyaz Ali | Ghazal# 188 |
| Raza, Kalidas Gupta | 300-01 |
| Nuskhah-e-Hamidiyah | 252-253 |
| Hamid Ali Khan | Open Image |
He says, again in the world that same tyranny/darkness is occurring, and its cause is that again the curls have received the post of . (238)
Again the master of the court (the beloved) has made the curls her
, and the world is being looted. That is, again the beloved has formed an intention of heart-stealing, and the curls are doing their work. (320)
This is the second of five verses of a verse-set full of legal terminology; for further discussion of the whole set, see 164,9 .
The interlocking wordplay makes this verse a particular pleasure. Both and offer excellently exploited double meanings; see the definitions above. The world is full of tyranny because the cruel, unjust, irresistible curls are in a position of power: they are the 'record-keepers' in the beloved's 'court of coquetry'. And/or-- the world is full of darkness because of the beloved's black curls, which engulf and bind people in their thick black twists and turns.
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