If the body is aflame, the heart must also be burning; what are you searching for now, digging through the ashes?

This couplet is a profound reflection on irreversible pain. Mirza Ghalib suggests that if the physical body has endured burning, the emotional heart must have suffered equally devastating wounds. The second line questions the futility of searching for anything in the ashes. It implies that the depth of the loss is so complete that any further search for comfort or meaning is pointless. It's a powerful meditation on acceptance and the finality of devastation.