Phire Raah Se Vo Yahan Aate Aate — Dagh Dehlvi
Meaning
The beloved turned back from the path while on their way here, and O Death, where did you perish while on your way here that you never arrived?
Explanation
This couplet captures the bitter agony of waiting, laced with a sharp, ironic wit. The beloved turned back midway, abandoning the lover to heartbreak; yet even death (ajal), which was supposed to end this suffering, has failed to arrive. In sheer exasperation, the poet asks death if it managed to die on the way itself, underscoring a tragic state where neither love nor final peace reaches him in time.
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