Kotaah Yaan Kamand Hai Qaasir Hai Nardbaan — Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
Meaning
Here the lasso falls short and the ladder is inadequate; the roof of my desire is the Throne of the Glorious Lord.
Explanation
Here the poet admits that his tools fall short. The lasso he throws is too short, and the ladder he climbs is too weak. Why? Because the rooftop he wants to reach is no ordinary height. It is the throne of the Almighty, the glorious Lord. Such a goal is impossibly far above ordinary human effort. No rope, no ladder, no striving of our own can carry us that high. It is a humble confession that some desires reach beyond what our limited means can ever grasp, and that only the grandeur of the divine lies at that summit.
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