Raat Kat Jaati Ho Baatein Rahi Sunte Sunte — Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
Meaning
May the night pass as we keep listening to these tales; the gathering's candle remains, as ever, a wooden-tongued, silent idol.
Explanation
The poet imagines a night that could have passed beautifully, simply by listening to sweet words and stories. But something is missing. The candle lighting up the gathering stands silent, like a wooden idol, with no tongue to speak. It is present, just as it always was, yet it cannot say a word or share in the conversation. There's a gentle sadness here: the setting is perfect, the company is there, but a certain warmth of speech is absent. The night waits to be filled with words, and that silence makes the longing deeper.
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