FWP:
SETS == DIALOGUE;
PARALLELISM
SPEAKING: {14,4}
The divan version of this ghazal has no opening-verse. The original opening-verse, not included in the divan, was {42,7x}.
Arshi has chosen in {97,6} an excellent verse for comparison. That one is about the beloved's undeceivability, and this one is about her deceitfulness, but both qualities arise together from her essentially treacherous nature.
This dual-perspective situation recalls another case in which we see two sides of the same coin. In {38,1}, the beloved is 'no one's friend': she is cruel to others, and not cruel to the lover-- and thus causes redoubled suffering to the lover. In the present verse, she is apparently kind to others, and not kind to the lover-- and thus causes suffering to the lover. When you put them together, the effect is almost funny. No matter what the beloved does, the result is suffering for the lover. (For more on the complexities of rashk , see {53,4}.)
But then, isn't that how it was always meant to be? The verse rests on an inner dialogue between Jealousy and Wisdom that seems to be unresolved: there's no indication that either one can defeat the other, so perhaps they go back and forth like this for hours. For of course, what else does the lover's inner life consist of, except endless brooding about the most minute aspects of the beloved's behavior? The question of whether she really is so cruel and tyrannical is unanswerable, since we see her only through the lover's eyes.
Compare Mir's even more drastic presentation of a similar dilemma: M{381,8}.
Nazm:
That is, Wisdom explains to me the beloved's bad qualities, so as to lessen Jealousy's agitation, considering that the way she showed unfaithfulness to me, she will also show it to the Other. (39)
== Nazm page 39