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0949,
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{949,3}

ek hai ((ahd me;N apne vuh paraagandah-mizaaj
apnii aa;Nkho;N me;N nah aayaa ko))ii ;saanii us kii

1) he is single/particular/unique/excellent in his age/time, that one of scattered/disturbed temperament
2) in his/my eyes, no second/equal of his appeared/came

 

Notes:

paraagandah : 'Widely separated or parted, widely sundered, scattered, dispersed, dissipated, routed; distracted, disturbed (in mind)'. (Platts p.236)

*Platts Dictionary Online*

S. R. Faruqi:

[For SRF's discussion of this ghazal as a whole, see {949,1}.]

FWP:

SETS == EK
MOTIFS
NAMES
TERMS

For discussion of this ghazal as a whole, see {949,1}.

The wordplay is fine-- ek with its unity and singleness, then paraagandah with its sense of bits and pieces scattered all around, then ;saanii as a 'second'.

In whose eyes? The apnii is left floating, since the grammatical subject (to which it officially should apply) is ;saanii . So it could of course be taken as short for Mir's 'own' eyes [us kii apnii], or else the speaker's 'own' eyes [merii apnii]

Here again, 'he' is presented as being alive.