हैं तेरे दिल में सब के ठिकाने बुरे भले मैं ख़ानुमाँ-ख़राब ही बर्बाद रह गया
— Dagh Dehlvi
Meaning

Everyone, whether good or bad, found a place in your heart, but I alone was left homeless and completely ruined.

Explanation

The poet touches upon the painful irony of love, where the beloved's heart has room for everyone—virtuous or flawed—except the true lover. By using the phrase 'khaanumaan-kharaab' (the utterly homeless or ruined), he paints a poignant contrast between strangers finding shelter and the devotee being left outside. It is a tender, wounded lament about the devastation of being the sole outcast in the very heart you considered your only home.

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