02g_mushairah

SECTION 2g	back to section 2f (we're now on page *t̤oʾe , continued*)
After that he began to read Mirza Sahib's ghazal.	us ke baʿd mirzā ṣāḥib kī ġhazal paṛhnā shurū kī -
1) Last night when somehow she became late The world became desolate/black before our eyes =========== ==The meter of this ghazal is #5 in the meter list.	kal rāt ko unheñ jo kahīñ der ho gaʾī dunyā hamārī āñkhoñ meñ andher ho gaʾī
2) Perhaps the days of death are near, oh Life Of you my temperament has had entirely enough	marne ke din qarīb haiñ shāyad kih ay ḥayāt tujh se t̤abīʿat apnī bahut ser ho gaʾī
3) Frivolous longings didn't let us live If wisdom was suppressed by these sinners	behūdah ḳhvāhishoñ ne nah jīne diyā hameñ in możiyoñ se ʿaql agar zer ho gaʾī
4) Oh Death, what's happened to you? dammit, come! It's taking her a long, long time to come	ay maut tujh ko kyā huʾā tū hī balā se ā un ko to āte āte baṛī der ho gaʾī
5) Now you've learned about my destructions What can I say? my lifetime was spent like this	merī tabāhiyoñ kī tumheñ ab ḳhabar huʾī kyā pūchhte ho ʿumr yūñhī ter ho gaʾī
6) Today we've gotten from her a promise of coming My breath leaves me with fear that somehow she might be late	āj un se ham ne āne kā vaʿdah liyā to hai dam hī nikal gayā jo kahīñ der ho gaʾī
7) You should have moved away from me, oh Languor You wretch, you've come and camped here!	ṭalnā thā mere pās se ay kāhilī tujhe kam-baḳht tū to ā ke yahīñ ḍher ho gaʾī
8) The longing for sin was suppressed like a cat From being fondled it swelled up, it became a tiger	dubkī huʾī thī gurbah ṣifat ḳhvāhish-e gunāh chumkārne se phūl gaʾī sher ho gaʾī
9) Mirza won't come to grace the mushairah How long can we wait? it's become very late =========== ==The idea is that other people are saying this about the Mirza Sahib in his absence; the implication is that his absence is caused by one or another dire circumstance of a lover's life.	mirzā mushāʿire meñ nah tashrīf lāʾeñge tā chand intiz̤ār baṛī der ho gaʾī
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