For a long past hour, someone keeps me company;
Is there anyone who can see the dialogue occur?
Who is this person sitting with Nasir at length?
Why does the second line hints that on one can see ‘him’?
Many people, in particular the highly imaginative ones, think out their thoughts; develop their ideas and supporting arguments in an interactive discourse format. The discourse may either take place, in real or in imagination, with people they know listen to them, or with ‘made-up’ companions.
Just think how, when a baby is born, it is in constant interaction with the outer world. The caretakers, of course, loom the largest in this world. Their moment-to-moment, day-to-day learning is nested in the back and forth transactions with this animate society.
People of unique ideas and individualized outlooks often do not find reciprocity in the ordinary society around them. They fulfill their longing through imagined conversations.
The verse is made more interesting by the delightful use of the proverbial (and essentially untranslatable) question through which Nasir so delicately and skillfully points out the imaginary nature of his ‘companion’.
Reference: Deewan-G1-S10-p12
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