If
you are feeling the pinch of adversity you are fortunate:
(See
the sher of Galib with meaning and my commentary)
“कोई मेरे दिल से पूछे तेरे तीरे नीमकश को
ये खलिश कहाँ से होती
जो जिगर के पार होता”
(-मिर्जा गालिब)
LITERAL
MEANING:
कोई मेरे दिल से पूछे तेरा
तीर जिसमें धँसा है
ये चुभन कहाँ से होती
गर वो पार निकल जाता”
(-simplified
form of sher of Galib)
COMMENTARY
Mirza Galib is saying that he is fortunate
that he could experience the rare kind of pinch by getting half-success in the
path of ambitions. This pinch has kept him activated for reaching even greater
heights of literature. He is using the similes of “beloved” for ambition and
“arrow half-entered in his heart” for half-success.
