Mujhe Us Se Kya Tavaqqo Ba-zamana-e-javani — Mirza Ghalib
Meaning
What expectation can I have from them in youth, when they never listened to my story even in childhood?
Explanation
The poet reflects with a bittersweet sigh upon a lifelong, unrequited love. He wonders how he can expect tenderness now in the pride and storm of youth, when the beloved remained completely indifferent even in childhood—a time usually filled with natural innocence and simple affection. It captures the quiet heartache of realizing that someone who never listened to your softest, earliest beginnings will hardly open their heart to you now.
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