ज़ीस्त से तंग हो ऐ 'दाग़' तो जीते क्यूँ हो जान प्यारी भी नहीं जान से जाते भी नहीं
— Dagh Dehlvi
Meaning

O Dagh, if you are so tired of life, then why do you keep living? You do not hold your life dear, yet you do not part with it either.

Explanation

Here, Dagh catches himself in a beautifully human contradiction that anyone who has ever nursed a broken heart will recognize. He asks himself: if existence feels so unbearable and life is no longer dear, why cling to it at all? It captures that poignant, bittersweet limbo where you are utterly exhausted by love's sorrow, yet quietly unwilling to let go of the breath that keeps the beloved's memory alive.

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