Saturday, May 4, 2019

Couplet 93


می رشید از دور مانند ِ ہلال
He is coming like moon from afar


نیست بود وہستبر شکلِ خیال

He was existent and non-existent like a thought

               There may be two reasons for comparing with crescent  moon (ہلال) –  one would be wait and charm as moon is being seen with utmost wait and desire. The other would be thin and weak due to excess of efforts (مجاہدات) and practices (ریاضات) like the thinness of moon. He has been described as both existent (ہست) and non-existent (نیست), which is due to different reasons. Existent is said because of the happening of the event and non-existent is said in an exaggeration to show that he is seen very weak, as if he has no existence. And in this meaning, it has been referred with thought (خیال) because the thought is in existence in reality and it has no existence in respect of the one who are not experiencing this thought.

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