O Ghalib, those who once used to swear oaths upon my life are now taking an oath that they will attend my funeral.

Ghalib plays brilliantly with the everyday idiom of swearing oaths to reveal a bittersweet truth about changing affections. The beloved who once held the poet's life so sacred that they constantly swore by it is now eagerly swearing an oath to attend his funeral. It is a darkly humorous yet poignant reflection on how passionate devotion can cool into cold, formal obligation.