another gem...

May 06, 2006 19:54

it is so common to refer to one's beloved as a "pari" (angel), that sometimes the idea seems to have lost is effect (due to over use)...

but then someone like Ghalib can turn that too into a refreshing and a seemingly new comparision...

in parizadoN se lenge khuld meiN hum intaqaam
qudrat-e-haq se yahi, hooreiN, agar waaN ho gayiiN...

all by just changing the way it is said...he just turned something straight forward and positive (as "u look like an Angel")....he turned it upside down...like a taunt, like "kahin aur dekh loonga"...and yet the comparision is be flattering...so at the end the beloved does not know whether she should be angry of flattered...

cool...
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