गुलू-गीर अब तो ऐसा इंक़लाब-ए-रंग-ए-आलम है कि नग़्मे निकले मिन्क़ार-ए-अनादिल से फ़ुग़ाँ हो कर
— Nazm Tabatabai
Meaning

The change in the world's condition has become so suffocating that even the melodies emerging from the nightingales' beaks turn into cries of lamentation.

Explanation

The poet paints a striking picture of a suffocating world turned upside down, where the atmosphere itself chokes any possibility of joy. The nightingale, a symbol of sweet music and love, finds this bleak reality so heavy that the melodies rising in its throat morph into raw wails of anguish the moment they leave its beak. It is a poignant meditation on how oppressive times can crush beauty, forcing even the purest art to become a cry of survival and pain.

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