जान थी इक वबाल फ़ुर्क़त में
शौक़ को जाँ-गुज़ा किया तू ने
— Altaf Hussain Hali
Meaning
Life was already a heavy affliction in separation, and yet you made longing into something that destroys the soul.
Explanation
This couplet captures the crushing weight of heartbreak in separation, where merely surviving felt like an exhausting torment to begin with. Yet, the beloved has intensified this longing to such an extreme that desire itself has become a soul-draining poison. It speaks to that tragic paradox of love where the very passion that is supposed to give you life ends up slowly consuming it.
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