Kashakash-ha-e-hasti Se Kare Kya Sa.i-e-azadi — Mirza Ghalib
Meaning
Why should one strive for freedom from the struggles of life? Has the chain of water's waves ever found respite from flowing?
Explanation
Ghalib asks a gently profound question here: why exhaust ourselves trying to break free from the ceaseless struggles of living? He paints a stunning picture of water, where continuous ripples link together like chains, yet that very chain is the river's natural, unending flow. Turmoil is not an obstacle imposed upon existence—it is the very pulse of life itself, and seeking peace from it is like asking a river to exist without flowing.
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