रूह तो एक तरफ़ होती है रुख़्सत तन से
आरज़ू एक तरफ़ दिल से जुदा होती है
— Akbar Allahabadi
Meaning
On one side, the soul departs from the physical body, while on the other, desires and longings separate from the heart.
Explanation
We usually imagine death simply as the soul departing from the body, but here the poet captures a far more piercing, double sorrow. At the very moment life slips away from the flesh, the heart's deepest desires and longings are also torn from it. It brings alive the haunting helplessness of dying twice over—once in body, and once in the silent death of all your hopes.
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