बे-मुरव्वत बेवफ़ा ना-मेहरबाँ ना-आश्ना मेरे क़ातिल मेरे हासिद मेरे दुश्मन आप हैं
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning

You are callous, unfaithful, unkind, and estranged from me; you alone are my killer, the one who envies me, and my enemy.

Explanation

In this couplet, the lover abandons all subtlety and confronts the beloved with a breathless cascade of accusations. By stringing together words like callous, unfaithful, killer, and enemy, the poet illustrates how the person meant to be his greatest sanctuary has instead become the source of his total ruin. The poignant irony lies in the polite, respectful address of 'aap' (you)—even as he names his destroyer, his reverence and attachment to the beloved remain painfully intact.

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