Visaal-e-yaar Ka Wada Hai Farda-e-qayamat Par — Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
Meaning
The promise of meeting my beloved is fixed for the Day of Resurrection, but I am not even certain that I will reach my grave.
Explanation
The beloved has promised their union, but only on the morning of Judgment Day, far off in the distant future. The poet smiles sadly at this. He says he isn't even sure he'll make it as far as his own grave, so how can he count on living until that final day? There's gentle irony here, and a touch of heartbreak. The promise feels so delayed that it almost feels like no promise at all. It captures that ache of waiting for something you fear you may never live to see.
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