Lips will break their silence; Let the notes of pain accord.
Our tale must wait expression until then. Endure!
The unique reference here is to synchronization.
We search for the reflection of our internal feelings and beliefs in others. People with whom we can engage in leisurely and smooth conversations are those in whom we see some reflection of a portion of our personality / inclinations.
Nasir, on the other hand, had alienated from his society by remaining intensely attached to the system of values that was left behind with migration from India. He felt that the quality of social interactions in his new society was based on individualism and self-promotion. Selflessness had vanished as had vanished his childhood and his old life in his birthland.
Yet the urge for a compatible companion is a human one and remained in him sometimes compensated with through imaginary companions (as the last note is evident).
The way in which this need is expressed in this shair speaks of the hopefulness of a child who waits to meet his best mate in order to pour out all the feelings and thoughts locked inside his heart.
The grammar addresses a 'second person'. He might be speaking to that imaginary friend who Nasir knows is an idea yet to actualize.
The perception of the sameness of the internal world of this awaited friend is intuitive and reflects the deep-rooted quality of the social needs of humans. Neuroscience today has revealed a synchronization of brain activity in persons carrying out activities together, and a mirroring and coordination of activities where the two persons have to interact with each other (i.e. where the response of the second depends upon the stimulus from the first). These brain phenomenon explain how non-verbal communication takes place. When the internal thought (or need) of two persons is the same they can perceive it on each other's faces in an intuitive fashion. They just feel it. We are all familiar with this feeling.
Nasir beautifully portrays this aspect of human communication in the context of his personal situation.
As soon as the realization of sameness is achieved, lips move and all those precious thoughts carefully kept in the heart naturally pour out.
Nasir waits hopefully for that moment...
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