Verse 10after 1847aahotaa hai
G5
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
if/when the produce of the seven continents would be gathered
2
then that is [habitually] the horseshoe-expense of your army
is an archaic form of ( GRAMMAR )
| References | |
|---|---|
| Arshi, Imtiyaz Ali | Ghazal# 218 |
| Raza, Kalidas Gupta | 403-04 |
| Hamid Ali Khan | Open Image |
This is a Persian idiom, that they say , and [the normal plural form] is wrong. And in Urdu it's contrary to this, but the words have entered into the idiom. (200)
== Nazm page 199
He says, If the produce of all the seven continents would be collected, then it is as if it's the expense of your army's horseshoes'. (258)
If the income of the whole world would be gathered in one place, then the cost of shoeing your army's horses would be able to be paid. (350)
This is the second verse of a four-verse verse-set that begins with 177,9 . For discussion of the verse-set as a whole, see 177,9 .
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