Ghazal 162, Verse 7

{162,7}*

sabzah-o-gul kahaa;N se aa))e hai;N
abr kyaa chiiz hai havaa kyaa hai

1) greenery and roses-- where have they come from?

2a) what thing is a cloud? what is wind?
2b) what a thing a cloud is! what wind is!

Notes:

*Platts Dictionary Online*

Nazm:

[See discussion in {162,4}.]

== Nazm page 174; Nazm page 175

Bekhud Dihlavi:

This greenery, and these sweet-scented flowers-- from where have they come? Who has made them? And what a thing is this cloud, what is its nature? And what is this breeze, what is its true essence? (233)

Bekhud Mohani:

[See discussion in {162,4}.]

FWP:

SETS == EXCLAMATION; KYA

This is the fourth and final verse of a four-verse verse-set. For general discussion of the whole verse-set, see {162,4}.

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