Madhushala - Rubaiya 3

Rubaiya 3


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Priyatam, tu meri haala hai,

main teraa pyaasaa pyaalaa,

apne ko mujhme bharkar tu

bantaa hai peene waalaa;

main tujhko chhak chhalkaa kartaa,

mast mujhe pee tu hotaa;

ek doosre ko hum dono

aaj paraspar madhushaalaa





Bachchan assures the reader that the story he is about to tell is the story of humanity, the story of the drinker. He tells him that the poet is only the medium through which the story of the drinker is told; as he tells it, the poet is the listener also.





Bachchan emphasizes the symbiotic interrelationship between the poet and his listener, that one cannot "exist" without the other.





Bachchan increases the mystery here; we are impatient - we want him to get to the point. "Tell us, tell us", we cry.