Analysis of It is not Love it is Madness
Mirza Ghalib 1797 (Kala Mahal) – 1869 (Chandni Chowk, Delhi)
(You say) It is not love, it is madness
My madness may be the cause of your fame
Sever not my relationship with you
If nothing then be my enemy
What is the meaning of notoriety in meeting me
If not in public court meet me alone
I am not my own enemy
So what if the stranger is in love with you
Whatever you are, it is due to your own being
If this not known then it is ignorance
Life though fleets like a lightening flash
Yet it is abundant Time to be in love
I do not want debate on the sustenance of love
Be it not love but another dilemma
Give something O biased One
At least the sanction to cry and plea
I will perpetuate the rituals
Even if cruelty be your habit
Teasing and cajoling the beloved cannot leave 'Asad'
Even if there is no union and only the desire remains
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111110 1101101111 101101011 110111100 11010101000101 1101011101 11111100 11101010111 101111111110 1111111100 111101001 11101011101 1111011010011 11111010010 1101101 110101101 110100100 101101110 1000100011011 10111110010001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 764 |
| Words | 159 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 612 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 158 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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