tajaahul-peshagii se mudda((aa
kyaa
kahaa;N tak ay saraapaa-naaz kyaa kyaa
1a) what is the purpose of a custom/practice of ignorance/indifference?
1b) does a custom/practice of ignorance/indifference have any purpose?
1c)
what a purpose a custom/practice of ignorance/indifference has!
1c) as if a
custom/practice of ignorance/indifference had any point!
2a) {how long / to what extent}, oh entirely coquettish
one, [this] 'What? What?'
2b) {how long / to what extent}, oh entirely coquettish one, what-all [kinds
of behavior]?!
tajaahul : 'Feigning ignorance; pretended ignorance (of), connivance; apathy, indifference'. (Platts p.311)
peshagii : 'Vocation, profession, craft, trade, business; custom, habit, practice; art, skill'. (Platts p.300)
Urdu text: Vajid 1902 {21}
He says, when you look, you make use of a custom/practice of ignorance/indifference. After all, what's your inner intention? That is, at everything you say 'What?'-- you don't listen to or understand anything. (44)
If your purpose in this custom/practice of ignorance is that I would become irritated and wash my hands of my passion for you, then you should be disabused of that error. (52)
SETS == DIALOGUE; KAHAN; KYA
A flirtatious verse; it uses the same kinds of kyaa multivalence as in {21,1}, but deploys them in a more limited setting. The kyaa kyaa may be a direct quotation from the beloved, as the commentators maintain, and in that case it perfectly captures her (show of?) disdain and indifference.
But it might also be a general characterization of the beloved's negligent, indifferent behavior, her self-presentation or 'custom, practice, art' [peshagii] and other mischievous airs and graces, since after all her coquetry is 'head-to-foot' [saraapaa]. I couldn't resist using the excellent Arkansan 'what-all', since it so well captures the range of kyaa kyaa .
Nazm:
That is, having heard of my condition, how long will you go on putting me off by saying 'What? What?' After all, what is your purpose in this custom/practice of ignorance? (22)
== Nazm page 22