पोस्ट सं.11: कोई मेरे दिल से पूछे तेरे तीरे नीमकश को ( Post No.11: Koi mere dil se puche tere teere neem-kash ko )

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.