POEM · PERMANENT EDITION
Mirza Ghalib جب کہ سید غلام بابا نے Jab ke Sayyid Ghulam Baba ne ●sher 1 of 2

جب کہ سید غلام بابا نے

Jab ke Sayyid Ghulam Baba ne

مسند عیش پر جگہ پائی

Masnad-e-aish par jagah paai

While Syed Ghulam Baba
Found a place on the throne of pleasure.

ایسی رونق ہوئی برات کی رات

Aisi raunaq hui baraat ki raat

کہ کواکب ہوے تماشائی

Ke kawakib hue tamashai

Such was the splendor of the wedding night,
That the stars became spectators.

Context

These verses evoke a scene of profound celebration and grandeur, likely a wedding given the reference to "baraat ki raat" (wedding night/procession night) and the attainment of a "throne of pleasure." The imagery of stars becoming spectators is a classic poetic hyperbole in Urdu literature, used to emphasize the extraordinary splendor and importance of the event for Syed Ghulam Baba.

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