In the dream's depth, my beloved is lost, I cannot find you.

Bulleh Shah speaks here of the fragile nature of existence and the deceptive quality of our dreams. He suggests that the beautiful illusions we build in our sleep—the sweet fantasies—are ultimately revealed to be false. Comparing these to a woman stolen from a forest, the couplet warns us that the reality we perceive might just be a temporary mirage. It is a profound meditation on the difference between perceived joy and painful truth.