The Mountain That Does Not Speak: A Deconstructive Journey Through Absence and Desire in Rahi's "O Zabarwan Peak!" Poem

Shabir Ahmad Dar

Abstract: This paper tries to examine Prof. Rehman Rahi's Poem "O Zabarwan Peak!" from a deconstructive critical perspective. The study tries to come, as close as it can, to the text in order to deconstruct it and reaches at a new reading of the poem by applying the principles of the theory of Deconstruction. So, firstly the poem is critically studied, and then it is analysed using deconstructive principles. A deconstructive critic looks for meanings in the text that conflict with its main theme, focusing on self-contradictions of which the text seems unaware. Accordingly, the theory is operative in the sense that meanings are ultimately unstable, and any text contradicts, dismantles and even destroys itself. Hence, what literary texts seem to do is often subverted by what they actually accomplish. This paper begins with an analysis of deconstruction in modern theoretical discourse. It demonstrates to the reader a concise exposition of deconstruction as a theory of decoding texts. In addition, it proceeds to examine how deconstruction can illuminate the above-mentioned poem by analysing its verbal contradictions in terms of meaning and structure. Within the deconstructive framework, these characteristics ultimately uncover the instability of literary language and meaning. This deconstructive examination of the text will allow the reader to gain a greater conceptual clarity not only of the poem, but also of deconstruction as a literary theory. Applying this approach to "O Zaberwan Peak" can deconstruct former interpretations, even Rahi's own authorial meaning, and add more mysteries to it. To address this, the binary oppositions in the poem are detected; then through the textual contradictions, it will be shown that the centrality of one side of the oppositions due to social, historical, and authorial reasons, is arbitrary. As a result, the meaning undergoes distorted.

Keywords: Deconstruction, self-contradictions, binary oppositions, interpretations, textual, arbitrary

How to Cite?: Shabir Ahmad Dar, "The Mountain That Does Not Speak: A Deconstructive Journey Through Absence and Desire in Rahi's "O Zabarwan Peak!" Poem", Volume 14 Issue 12, December 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 232-235, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR251203165439, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR251203165439