Verse 31821aa;Nsamjhaa
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
don't ask for a commentary /'opening out' of the reasons/resources for confinement of temperament!
2
to such an extent the heart became narrow/oppressed that I considered it a prison-cell
'(inf. n. of , to uncover, lay open, &c.), s.f. An exposition, explanation, interpretation, a running commentary (on a work or text); annotation; description'.
'Causes, motives, means; resources; — s.m. sing. Implements, tools, instruments, apparatus, materials; goods, chattels, effects, property; furniture; articles, things; commodities, appliances, machinery; stores, provision; funds; necessaries; baggage, luggage'.
'Seizure, capture, arrest, apprehension; --captivity, imprisonment, bondage; embarrassment, entanglement'.
'Contracted, straitened, confined, strait, narrow, tight; wanting, scarce, scanty, stinted, barren; distressed, poor, badly off; distracted, troubled, vexed'.
| References | |
|---|---|
| Arshi, Imtiyaz Ali | Ghazal# 13 |
| Raza, Kalidas Gupta | 325 |
| Nuskhah-e-Hamidiyah | 56-57 |
| Gyan Chand | 91 |
| Hamid Ali Khan | Open Image |
The dictionary meaning of 'commentary' is of 'opening'; the author has used this word because of its affinity with 'narrow'. And 'narrowness' of temperament and 'opening' of temperament have the same opposition. And when it comes to 'confinement of temperament', he has adopted the wordplay of a 'cell'. (33)
== Nazm page 33
has the meaning of 'opening', so it has an affinity with 'confinement' and 'narrow' and 'cell'. 'Don't ask me for a detailed account of the reasons for the bondage of my heart'-- that is to say, neither can I express it, nor can you listen to it. (80)
There is an in . 1) the explication of the reasons for confinement of temperament (this is the intended meaning); 2) it's the name of a famous book on medicine []. (356)
A multivalent excursion into wordplay. Asking for a commentary is of course just what one would do when in perplexity, so the old 'don't ask' inexpressibility trope is refreshed by a literal interpretation. As the commentators observe, the literal meaning of rests on the idea of explication or description as 'opening out,' so that it interacts beautifully with the 'confinement' of temperament and the 'narrow' heart that is taken for a prison cell.
The verb can mean not only 'to understand' (accurately), but also 'to consider' (subjectively, perhaps inaccurately); on this see 90,3 .
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