Mana-e-dasht-navardi Koi Tadbir Nahin — Mirza Ghalib
Meaning
No plan or remedy can prevent me from wandering the desert. There is no chain binding my feet, but rather a dizzying whirl of wanderlust driving them.
Explanation
Ghalib captures the uncontrollable restlessness of a passionate heart that no logic, cure, or chain can tame. While the world tries to bind him to keep him from wandering the desolate desert, he playfully dismisses the chains as merely a dizzying spin in his feet that propels him forward. It is a brilliant image of an untamable spirit that finds its only peace in endless, wandering motion.
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