i am smitten by the affection of the hunter//although the strength to flee remains
-couplet by mirza ghalib
(ID in alt text, and an explanation below the cut)
The word “sayyad”, which means “hunter”, is very commonly used in urdu poetry to mean the poet’s beloved while the poet is (their) prey. The most basic interpretation of the couplet is that the poet is so entrapped by his beloved that even though he has the strength to flee he cannot or will not. But sufi poetry and ghazals have a history of using common themes like love, infatuation and intoxication to also be applicable, on a larger scale, to God and religion.
For example, if a qawwal's (singer of Qawwali) song includes themes of intoxication by wine, it can be applicable also to gaining divine knowledge. The wine here represents the divine knowledge, the bearer of the wine goblet is God and the meaning conveyed then is wanting to devote yourself to the attainment of divine knowledge. I just think the two contexts of reading Sufi poetry (secular and religious) extend so well to Castiel and his falling from grace and finding a new cause in Dean and in humanity.
I haven't really thought much beyond "Dean is Castiel's new God" and "omg 'hunter' just like dean" and am not a voracious poetry reader or someone who is largely familiar with Ghalib's body of work so i cannot be certain that the metaphors work too well here. I just read the couplet and instantly thought of Deancas and could not rest till i posted this.
hi! spnpocdirectory is currently looking for moderators to help run the blog.
i am primarily looking for 18+ individuals who are black and/or asian (because i am neither and would love input from those communities about running the blog efficiently).
though, if you are an 18+ person of color, i welcome you to apply!
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hello everyone, just some general updates to assure everyone this blog is still active!
i am still currently looking for mods and a reminder, you must be 18+ and a person of color to apply! i need all the help i can get.
i am also still working on the tag directory, so apologies if those links do not work. just updated the spreadsheet too. (reminder, if you are a creator of color just send an ask to be added to the list.)
i plan to update this blog (starting next week) every monday from 10am to 3pm pacific standard time as i am a busy college student.
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