Binary opposition

Divaso judaai na jaay chhe,
ey jahse jarur milan sudhi;
maro haath jhaali ne lai jashe,
mujh shatruo j swajan sudhi.

Na dharaa sudhi na gagan sudhi,
nahi unnati na patan sudhi;
faqat aapne to javu hatu,
are ek-mek na man sudhi.

Tame raank na chho ratan samaa,
na malo ey aansuo dhool ma;
jo araj kabool ho aatli,
to hriday thi jaao nayan sudhi.

Tame raaj-raani na chir sam,
ame rank naar ni chundadi;
tame tan pe raho ghadi-be-ghadi,
ame saath daiye kafan sudhi.

Jo hriday ni aag vadhi gani,
to khud ishwarey j krupa kari;
koyi shwaas bandh kari gayu,
ke pawan na jaaye agan sudhi.

- Gani Dahiwala.

Let us first see what is binary opposition.

Definition -

"A binary opposition is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning."

Binary opposition is a key concept in structuralism, a theory of sociology, anthropology and linguistics that states that all elements of human culture can only be understood in relation to one another and how they function within a larger system or the overall environment.

Gani Dahiwala is a well known figure of world of gujrati ghazals. I read some of his poetry and what i have pointed after reading several collections is that he often makes use of binary opposition in his ghazals. He stands by the non privileged side of binary and always tries to glorify it.

For example, in fourth part; he points our that his beloved person belongs to higher class but that is of no use. Its even better that he himself is some elsewhere but its good that he will sustain still till the end. In a way he says that the people who belong to upper class are for limited period of time and that is not good enough.