Ba.is-e-vamandgi Hai Umr-e-fursat-ju Mujhe — Mirza Ghalib
Meaning
My life spent in search of leisure has become the cause of my exhaustion, and the swift flight of a deer has bound my feet in endless pursuit.
Explanation
This couplet captures a poignant paradox of life: the relentless pursuit of peace can itself become our greatest exhaustion. The poet compares the desire for rest to a swift, fleeing deer—chasing it has worn him down so completely that the chase itself has become like heavy chains around his feet. Striving endlessly for stillness has paradoxically trapped him in perpetual restlessness.
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