karte ho mujh ko man((-e qadam-bos
kisliye
kyaa aasmaan ke bhii baraabar nahii;N huu;N mai;N
1) why do you forbid me to kiss your feet?
2) am I not equal even to the sky?
Why am I forbidden to kiss your feet? His Excellency's footsteps went upon the sky-- is my rank even less than that of the sky? (166)
[See comment about {110,6}.]
SETS == TRANSLATABLES
GRANDIOSITY: {5,3}
SKY {15,7}
For discussion of this verse as part of an informal three-verse set, see {110,5}.
The effect of the bhii in the second line is wonderfully evocative. What a tone of insult it conveys! Not to speak of being equal to truly great and impressive entities-- am I not even equal to minor ones? What an indignity! Am I not even equal to the sky?
Nazm:
[See comment in {110,6}.]
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