Huaa jab GHam se yooN behis to GHam kya sar ke kaTne ka

Na hota gar juda tan se to zaanooN par dhaRa hota

TASHREE:~

The second shair is about Ghalib's death. It is not clear how he dies. It is also irrelevant I think. What he is trying to convey in these verses is that he is enlightened. He has detached himself from the petty sorrows and burdens of his everyday life by decapitating his head. He is almost sarcastic when he says it is for the better because if it were attached to his body it would be resting on his knees, weighed down by thought and sorrow. He says he is better off not having to worry about his head. In a way he is talking about his departure from this cruel entrapment which is life and he is still alive even though his head is not on his shoulders. He beieves he has gone back to the state of nothingness and he is content. This is his sarcastic look on life and contemplation of life after death.