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garmii se mai;N to aatish-e ;Gam kii pighal gayaa
raato;N ko rote rote hii juu;N sham((a gal gayaa

1) from the heat of the fire of grief, I melted/dissolved
2) in the nights, only/emphatically weeping and weeping, like a candle, I wasted/dissolved away

Notes:

pighalnaa : 'To melt,to be melted, to dissolve; to be in fusion, to fuse, to flow (as a metal); to melt, be softened, moved, or touched; to yield, give way'. (Platts p.277)

galnaa : 'To drop, fall (as fruit, flowers, or plaster from a wall, &c.); to leak, to run or ooze; to sweat; to sink (as a pier or a well, &c.); to melt, dissolve; to be or become dissolved; to be boiled or cooked till soft (meat, vegetables, &c.); to waste away, to become emaciated or lean (from sickness or grief, &c.); to be wasted, be thrown away'. (Platts p.913)

*Platts Dictionary Online*

S. R. Faruqi:

The opening-verse is put in by way of an introduction [baraa-e bait]. In it, except for the tajnis of raato;N and rote there's nothing special.

FWP:

SETS
MOTIFS == CANDLE
NAMES
TERMS == TAJNIS

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