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0185,
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{185,1}

jī meñ hai yād-e ruḳh-o-zulf-e siyah-fām bahut
ronā ātā hai mujhe har saḥar-o-shām bahut

1) in the inner-self there is memory of the face and the black-colored curls, much
2) weeping comes to me every dawn and night, much

 

Notes:

S. R. Faruqi:

The opening-verse is by way of an introduction. But the wordplay of 'face' and 'curls', and 'dawn' and 'night', reminds us of the fact that there's no contradiction between a 'sorrow-arousing' theme, and wordplay. The classical poet remains aware of every possibility of language. If the theme is superficial, into it too he tries to put life; and the necessity for wordplay is an example of this effort.

FWP:

SETS
MOTIFS == CURLS
NAMES
TERMS

I have nothing special to add.

 

 
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