दिल हम ने दिया था तुझे उम्मीद-ए-वफ़ा पर तुम हम से नहीं करते वफ़ा कुछ नहीं करते
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning

I gave you my heart in the hope of loyalty. If you are not faithful to me, it matters not at all.

Explanation

This couplet captures the quiet heartbreak of unreturned devotion with a gentle touch of irony. The lover surrendered their entire heart on the simple promise and hope of faithfulness, only to meet indifference. The beauty lies in the subtle reproach of the second line: if you cannot offer loyalty to the one who loves you, then everything else you achieve or do in this world amounts to nothing at all.

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