Verse 21855aa))ii
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
look, oh dwellers of the region of dust--
2
this is what they call 'world-adornment'!
t:tah>> : 'A piece of ground (marked out), a plot of land; district, territory, region, country'.
| References | |
|---|---|
| Arshi, Imtiyaz Ali | Ghazal# 232 |
| Raza, Kalidas Gupta | 459-60 |
| Hamid Ali Khan | Open Image |
He says, 'Oh dwellers of the region of dust, look at the spectacle-- this is what they call the adorning of the whole world'. (263)
Oh people of the world, look-- this is what they call the adorning of the world. (360)
Oh people dwelling on the ground, look-- this is what they call adorning the world. (306)
This whole ghazal has an unusual degree of internal coherence; for discussion, see 181,1 .
This verse strongly presupposes the prior presence of {181,1}, since otherwise the 'this' in the second line has no meaning; only through the previous verse do we know that it refers to the sudden onrush of spring.
The verse has notable sound effects: in the first line, with its scrapey consonants like clods of dirt, is contrasted with in the second, with its mellifluous long vowels and sense of flowingness .
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