Arz-e-sarishk Par Hai Faza-e-zamana Tang — Mirza Ghalib
अर्ज़-ए-सरिश्क पर है फ़ज़ा-ए-ज़माना तंग
सहरा कहाँ कि दावत-ए-दरिया करे कोई
— Mirza Ghalib
Meaning
The expanse of the world is too narrow to hold the display of my tears; where is a desert vast enough to invite and accommodate a river?
Explanation
Ghalib captures the sheer magnitude of an inconsolable grief that completely outgrows the world around it. He envisions his tears not as drops, but as a torrential river, yet laments that the entire universe is too cramped to contain it. There is simply no desert vast enough or thirsty enough to play host to such an immense flood of sorrow.
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