Idea vs. Words
Read the lyrics posted at the following location -
http://ghazallyrics.blogspot.com/2005/07/blog-post.html
I was wondering about this piece. The idea it conveys is simply beautiful and very catchy. But there was something about the words, which either I do not understand because of very limited knowledge of Urdu or has got the deficiencies I am thinking of.
The idea of the shers is to show the progress that is happening in the relationship, but do the words really make sense?
What is the difference between jaan, jaan-e-jaan and jaan-e-jaana? What does Gul-badaana mean if it is anything other than Gul-badan?
And then there are some logical problems too, which I would keep aside for the moment, since logic could vary from person to person and are not as important here as the words are.
As I said it could just be my lack of knowledge in Urdu. Could somebody enlighten if the words do really mean something?
Categories: Literature
http://ghazallyrics.blogspot.com/2005/07/blog-post.html
I was wondering about this piece. The idea it conveys is simply beautiful and very catchy. But there was something about the words, which either I do not understand because of very limited knowledge of Urdu or has got the deficiencies I am thinking of.
The idea of the shers is to show the progress that is happening in the relationship, but do the words really make sense?
What is the difference between jaan, jaan-e-jaan and jaan-e-jaana? What does Gul-badaana mean if it is anything other than Gul-badan?
And then there are some logical problems too, which I would keep aside for the moment, since logic could vary from person to person and are not as important here as the words are.
As I said it could just be my lack of knowledge in Urdu. Could somebody enlighten if the words do really mean something?
Categories: Literature
posted by Jaya @ 10:57 PM
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2 Comments:
At Sat Jul 02, 09:40:00 PM 2005,
Jaya said…
Logical Problem... well :-)
All these words "dil" "dilruba" and "dil ke mehmaan" make sense. But of all these, "mehmaan" is an outsider. If someone has become dil itself, then becoming "mehmaan" later certainly does not make sense.
But yes - if the order is not of "good", "better", "best", it does not matter.
Then again - if the order is not that of "good", "better", "best", the whole beauty of the Ghazal is lost!
Ok - do not curse me for disecting a poetry like this - but I could help wondering :-D
At Thu Jul 07, 01:03:00 PM 2005,
Vinay Khaitan said…
Correctly said vaishnav! In my opinion too, any art can be dissected and analysed. Because this analysis shows about the impact of artwork, why the imapact is there!
Below is the analysis of the ghazal, as little as I understood it. Hey jaya, now you dont curse me ;-)
May be this dissection may solve logical flaw of jaya :)
the theme of the ghazal is to show the slow deepening of the love. And the words are chosen so that, they can give sentimental impression of this deepening.
jaan, jaan-e-jaan, jaan-e-jaana, you can see that words are being added and broadened(jaan to jaana). This feels like gravity of the word "jaan" deepening. the same thing is there in second lyrics. In third one too, the samething is there. This impact is effective, when three words are similar in meaning. The logic of jaya is too far fetched and it would not be graspable when reading in flow.
In 4th one, it shows the closeness of relationship, so there, it is the word, which gives effect, instead of flow.
I hope, you didn't sleep in between my dissection of the beautiful ghazal :)
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