Sunday, June 16, 2019

Couplet 435-440


پس نگویم من بَسر نصرانیم

Then I tell them that I am a Christian secretly



اے خدائے رازداں میدانیم


By Allah, who knows my secrets


شاہ واقف گشت از ایمانِ من

As the king became aware of my faith,



وز تعصّب کرد قصدِ جانِ من


Hence he is after my life


خواستم تا دیں زشہ پنہاں کنم

Though I tried to hide my religion from the king



آنچہ دینِ اوست ظاہر آں کنم


 And tried to so his religion as mine 


شاہ بوئے بُرد از اسرارِ من

The king came to know my secrets



مُتَّہم شد پیش شہ گفتارِ من


And I became a liar in front of the king


گفت گفت تو چو در ناں سوزن ست

The king said to me that your talk is like needle in the pancake



از دلِ من تا دلِ تو روزن ست


And there is a ole between your heart and mine


من ازاں روزن بدیدم حالِ تو

I have seen your condition through that hole



حالِ دیدم  کے نیوشم قالِ تو


Why do I listen to your talk, when I have seen your condition



The planning of vizier to deceive the Christians and his tricks

               Discussion of tricks is there in these couplets. After what would happen with me, I would tell the Christians that internally I was too a Christian and will swear by Allah, as He knows the best. Somehow the king came to know about my religion and intended to take my life due to jealousy. I tried to show the king that I am in his religion only and hide my identity i.e. remains Jews in the eyes of the king. But the king knew the internal conditions of my thoughts and falsehood of my commitment to the Jews has been exposed to him  and he told that your talks are pinching me like a needle in the chapatti. So that the person who is eating may not see it and he comes to know as soon as he takes the first bite. Similarly I am smelling falsehood from your declaration and there is a hole between my heart to your and through this, I am seeing the real position of your heart i.e. by having relation of so many years, there is an understanding between the two of us and can know the hidden thought of yours. And now once I am seeing your actual position, then why do I believe your talk. All this is the contents of vizier to be told to the Christians, as explained to the king.

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