Roz Karte Hain Shab-e-hijr Ko Bedaari Mein — Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
Meaning
Each day I spend the night of separation awake and sleepless, as though the heavy slumber that once lived in my eyes is now gone.
Explanation
The poet spends every night of separation wide awake, unable to sleep. The long, heavy sleep that once used to live in his eyes has vanished completely. Where there was once deep rest, now there is only restlessness and longing. The absence of the beloved has stolen his peace, turning each night into a sleepless vigil. He remembers how he used to sleep soundly before, and contrasts that with his present wakeful suffering. It is a gentle picture of how love's pain disturbs even the simplest comforts, leaving the heart awake and aching through the dark hours.
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