Song lyrics

Age Of Time

📜 Lyrics

What could be the lifespan of time But one moment of union with you Knocking at the threshold of my eyelids Perhaps a downpour of rain How was I to know that a dagger's point too Could be but a petal of a flower Your tresses curl upon my forehead As if moonlight wrestled with the breeze O wanderers of nothingness, beware Life stands waiting in the path Why have you woven my soul Into the knot of your locks, like a fallen petal What use is there in lamenting a plea That must lie somewhere at your doorstep What they call death, O Saghar Is but a strand of life's thread

💡 Meaning & story

This composition by Sagar Siddiqui is among the finest selections of Urdu poetry. The fluency, romantic elegance, and spiritual hue present in this ghazal are Sagar's distinctive mark. You have shared some truly beautiful verses here. Within each couplet of this ghazal lies a hidden universe, yet certain verses have become immortal because of their profundity: A brief commentary and merits of the verses: • The contrast between time and union: What is the span of time but a single moment of your embrace came first—in this very opening couplet, time itself, that infinite reality, is rendered insignificant before a fleeting moment spent with the beloved. This is the extreme of love, where all the measures of the universe are transformed. • Imagery and aesthetics: The locks dance upon the forehead with moonlight, the morning breeze must have wrestled—this couplet is living proof of Sagar's imaginative power. To attribute the curling of the locks to a 'struggle' between the breeze and moonlight is an unprecedented metaphor. • Warning and philosophy: O travelers of non-existence, be cautious, life shall stand in your path—ordinarily, people fear moving from life toward death as non-being, but Sagar reverses this here. He cautions the travelers of non-existence against 'life,' which hints that the real trial and suffering lie in life, not in death. • The bond between life and death (couplet): What they call death, O Sagar, is merely a link in life's chain—this closing couplet dispels man's fear of mortality. Rather than viewing death as something separate from life, to call it a 'link' in this very continuity is a profound philosophical stance. Artistic merits: The resonance in this ghazal is quite striking. The choice of words is such that while reading, one feels a particular musicality. Words like "petal of a flower," "downpour of rain," and "knots in the tresses" double the beauty of the ghazal. Sagar Siddiqui's life itself was a tragedy, yet the sweetness and depth in his verses shall keep him forever alive in Urdu literature.