Arus-e-dahr Se Bu-e-wafa Nahin Aati — Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
Meaning
From the bride that is this world no fragrance of faithfulness ever comes; so what remedy or cure could I possibly have made for it.
Explanation
Here the poet calls the world a bride, but a bride who carries no fragrance of faithfulness. No matter how much you expect loyalty from this world, it simply never offers it. The world is beautiful on the outside, yet its heart holds no true devotion. So the poet asks, almost helplessly, what could he possibly do to remove this flaw? If faithlessness is woven into the very nature of the world, how can anyone fix it? There's a gentle sigh here, an acceptance that some things cannot be changed. It reminds us not to expect lasting loyalty from worldly things, but to look beyond them for something more sincere and true.
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