तिरी गली में बहाए फिरे है सैल-ए-सरिश्क हमारा कासा-ए-सर क्या हुआ हबाब हुआ
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning

A flood of tears is sweeping my skull along through your lane, as if my head has become nothing more than a bubble on the water.

Explanation

In this couplet, the poet paints a strikingly surreal and tragic image of grief in love. He imagines his relentless tears turning into a flood in the beloved's alley, sweeping his hollow skull along as though it were nothing more than a fragile water bubble. It captures the essence of complete surrender and self-erasure, where the lover's very identity and being are effortlessly tossed about by the tides of heartbreak.

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