The Ghalibian impasse!

Unhe saval pah zum-e-junoon hai, kyun ladiye
Hamen jawab se qat-e-nazar hai, kya kahiye

She gets mad at my asking questions what's the point of fighting? I get embarrassed by her answering, what can I say?

Note that it's not the questions that make her mad, and the answers that embarrass me, but it's my questioning that makes her mad, and her answering is what I find embarrassing. Prichett's page for the couplet.

Reminds me of Jigar (1st couplet):

niyāz o naaz ke jhagḌe miTā.e jaate haiñ
ham un meñ aur vo ham meñ samā.e jaate haiñ

Rekhta page