आम हुक्म-ए-शराब करता हूँ
मोहतसिब को कबाब करता हूँ
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
I issue a general decree for wine to flow freely and I turn the censor, who forbids it, into a roasted kebab through my defiance.
Explanation
This couplet is a masterful piece of witty defiance. The poet suggests that he is not only dispensing the 'command' (हुक्म) of wine—a pleasure that should be restricted—but he is also actively mocking the moral watchdog, the 'muhtasib.' By making the muhasib a kebab, Mir Taqi Mir asserts that he controls pleasure and even the conscience itself. It's a celebration of indulgence and freedom from judgment.
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