Ghazal 6, Verse 4



2) the friends' work/desire/'throat' turned out [to be] to the extent of their lips and teeth











== Nazm page 7


Urdu text: Vajid 1902 {6}

Bekhud Dihlavi:


Bekhud Mohani:





PROPORTIONALITY verses: {3,12x}; {4,14x}; {5,4}; {6,4}; {12,2}; {12,5x}; {27,1}; {27,7}; {44,4x}; {98,5}; {112,4}; {117,2}; {131,9}; {167,1}; {170,2}; {182,2}; {205,2}; {234,8}

ABOUT la;z;zat : The word la;z;zat , although it officially has pleasurable and especially food-centered meanings (see the definition above), seems to be quite morbidly inclined: more often than not, Ghalib uses it with reference to the 'pleasure' of something painful. Some verses even feature the explicit phrase la;z;zat-e aazaar , which is parallel to la;z;zat-e dard in the present verse. Examples: {6,4}; {15,8}; {17,7}; {53,10}; {60,6}; {64,7x}; {87,6}; {92,3}; {92,5}, {112,4}, with list of la;z;zat-e aazaar verses; {165,1}. (Of course, he does also sometimes use la;z;zat favorably, as in {157,2} and {157,4}.)


hai majlis-e mushtaaqaa;N dukkaan kabaabii kii






It's possible of course to take the verse as referring to poetry: the speaker's laments are a banquet of the 'relish of pain' because his pain produces a mental feast of eloquent words and expressions for his friends to enjoy according to their capacity. In this regard compare the last verse of the divan, {234,14} (one of the meanings of .salaa is, after all, an invitation 'to partake of food').
