Verse 7x1816aar-ena;Gmah hai
G1
1
from the mischievousness of the complaint, the rose is a 'wasp-veil'
2
the guise/attire of the invention of the Nightingale is the disquietude/'thorns' of melody
'A hornet; bee, wasp'.
'Dress, apparel, robe, habit; appearance'.
'Creation, production; invention, contrivance'.
| References | |
|---|---|
| Arshi, Imtiyaz Ali | Ghazal# 166 |
| Raza, Kalidas Gupta | 264-65 |
| Nuskhah-e-Hamidiyah | 253 |
| Asi, Abdul Bari | 260-261 |
| Gyan Chand | 378-380 |
| Hamid Ali Khan | Open Image |
= A kind of latticed [] burqa.
That is, all the Nightingale's thoughts and anxieties are absorbed in inventing different kinds of melodies (or in preparing the guise/dress of melody). And the result of all his guise of inventiveness-- that is, his pricking [] of melodies (perhaps meaning his trilling)-- is that through the mischievousness of the complaint, holes have appeared in the rose, and they have become a 'wasp-veil'. This is a prose version, or a translation, of the verse; those who would understand the meaning, let them understand [but I don't].
== Zamin, p. 376
= It is a musical term; also a term for a latticed [] burqa. Through the Nightingale's complaint, the flower has been pierced and has become like a latticed burqa-- that is, it has become a lattice. The Nightingale has invented this clothing. The flower is disquieted/'thorn-filled' from the melody of his complaint. That is, it is absorbed in agitation. There is wordplay between 'melody' and the musical term .
== Gyan Chand, p. 380
For background see S. R. Faruqi's choices . This verse is NOT one of his choices; I thought it was interesting and have added it myself. For more on Ghalib's unpublished verses, see the discussion in 4,8x .
On the distinctiveness of this ghazal, see 211,1 .
This verse of extravagant wordplay is reminiscent of the one before it, 211,6x , and has the same low-powered, quality. It's only interesting feature is the reference to the maximalist type of burqa. I've also seen this type referred to as 'shuttlecock burqas', because of how they fan out from a rounded narrow head.
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