Citation : Singh AR (2024). Nostalgia. In :Ghalib, Psychology and Human Behaviour - 2 (A.R Singh and S.A Singh Eds), Mens Sana Monogr; 22:1. pg 46-47
وہ فراق اور وہ وصال کہاں
وہ شب و روز و ماہ و سال کہاں
वो फ़िराक़ और वो विसाल कहाँ
वो शब-ओ-रोज़ ओ माह-ओ-साल कहाँ
vo firaaq aur vo visaal kahaa.n
vo shab-o-roz o maah-o-saal kahaa.n
(DG 86;1: 502)
Meaning
Where is that separation and union?
Where are those nights and days and months and years?
Explanation/Comment:
This is a ‘sher’ that epitomises nostalgia at its best.
Ghalib remembers the times of his separation and union with his beloved.
Memories of joys and sorrows, fun and pain, longing and meeting, tears and laughter – flash past as a kaleidoscope of silken memories.
Those nights and days and months and years – all of them held such precious moments of the times of love and romance. And they have just slipped away.
But the memories remain, forever etched in the recesses of the heart.
That’s the sweet pain of nostalgia that lingers as a mild heady fragrance long after events fade away.
Citation : Singh AR (2024). Nostalgia. In :Ghalib, Psychology and Human Behaviour - 2 (A.R Singh and S.A Singh Eds), Mens Sana Monogr; 22:1. pg 46-47
وہ فراق اور وہ وصال کہاں
وہ شب و روز و ماہ و سال کہاں
वो फ़िराक़ और वो विसाल कहाँ
वो शब-ओ-रोज़ ओ माह-ओ-साल कहाँ
vo firaaq aur vo visaal kahaa.n
vo shab-o-roz o maah-o-saal kahaa.n
(DG 86;1: 502)
Meaning
Where is that separation and union?
Where are those nights and days and months and years?
Explanation/Comment:
This is a ‘sher’ that epitomises nostalgia at its best.
Ghalib remembers the times of his separation and union with his beloved.
Memories of joys and sorrows, fun and pain, longing and meeting, tears and laughter – flash past as a kaleidoscope of silken memories.
Those nights and days and months and years – all of them held such precious moments of the times of love and romance. And they have just slipped away.
But the memories remain, forever etched in the recesses of the heart.
That’s the sweet pain of nostalgia that lingers as a mild heady fragrance long after events fade away.