Verse 131847aa;Nke liye
G9
In this meter the next-to-last long syllable may be replaced by two shorts.
1
the page has become complete, and praise remains
2
a boat/notebook is necessary for this boundless ocean/ meter
'A ship, vessel, boat; --an oblong book, a blank book, commonplace book, note-book'.
'Sea, gulf, bay; —s.f. Metre, verse; flow, rhythm; —fleet (of ships or boats)'.
| References | |
|---|---|
| Arshi, Imtiyaz Ali | Ghazal# 211 |
| Raza, Kalidas Gupta | 388-89 |
| Hamid Ali Khan | Open Image |
The word 'boat/notebook' has an affinity with 'ocean/meter/ []. (267)
== Nazm page 267
He says, the page has become finished and praise still remains. A chapter is required for this ocean of encomium. (326)
The page has become finished, and the praise hasn't become finished. For this boundless ocean (praise) a notebook is necessary. What use is a single page? In the meaning of is an , because its meaning is 'boat', which has an affinity with 'ocean'. (507)
This verse appears to be a kind of concluding verse, wrapping up the four-verse quasi- verse-set that has just preceded it. That four-verse praise-set (praise-poem?) has a strikingly parallel introductory verse as well, in 234,8 . The two frame the four actual praise verses like bookends.
We can feel that the praise-drug is wearing off now, because this verse actually has something going on in it! It has some enjoyable bits of literary wordplay. Of course, by Ghalibian standards it's not all that much-- but compared to the previous four verses, it's a tour de force of sophistication.
On the translation of as 'has become complete', see 38,1 .
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