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qafā : 'The back of the head; nape of the neck; —adv. Behind, after'. (Platts p.793)
FWP:
SETS == JO; MULTIVALENT WORDS
MOTIFS == GAZE; ROAD
NAMES
TERMS == RHYMEWe should also notice the prominent placing of the multivalent kām . Even though the official meaning is certainly kām karnā as 'to do work', how can we fail to enjoy the fact that in looking back as long as possible the gaze is also 'doing' its desire?
The criticism by the modern 'Ustads' to which SRF refers is that the actual rhyme in the ghazal consists only of the ā syllable: after this opening-verse the rhyme-words are lagā , sunā , dikhā, khā , uṭhā , ā , gadā . But by using vafā and qafā , the opening-verse gives the false impression that the rhyme would be afā . Obviously, this was not something that Mir bothered about. Other such instances: {293,1}; {302,1}; {1882,1}.