Tha Gurezan Mizha-e-yar Se Dil Ta Dam-e-marg — Mirza Ghalib
Meaning
Until its dying breath, the heart kept fleeing from the beloved's eyelashes; it considered warding off the fatal arrow of destiny to be so easy.
Explanation
Here, the poet reflects with a gentle, knowing smile on the heart's lifelong struggle to escape the beloved's piercing glance. Classical poetry often envisions lashes as deadly arrows, but this couplet asks: did the heart truly believe it could dodge the fatal arrow of destiny? In the realm of love, the beloved’s gaze isn't just a hazard to be avoided—it is written fate itself, making the heart’s desperate flight both touchingly naive and entirely futile.
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