sherKuch Alfaaz
ghham-e-hasti ka 'asad' kis se ho juz marg ilaaj shama har rang men jalti hai sahar hote tak save death, asad what else release from this life of pain? a lamp must burn in every hue till dawn is there again ghalib calls the pain of being alive a sickness for which no remedy exists in life; only death ends it. the candle is a metaphor for human life: it burns through all “colors” (states—joy, sorrow, ease, hardship) without stopping. dawn stands for the inevitable end, when the burning finally ceases. the couplet holds a stark, resigned acceptance of mortality and the continuity of suffering.
