Be-yaar Saaz-daar Na Hoyega Gosh Ko — Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
Meaning
Without the beloved, no instrument will sound sweet to the ear; so what is the point of the minstrel singing his song to us.
Explanation
Here the poet speaks to a musician with gentle refusal. He says that without his beloved near him, his ears simply cannot welcome any music. The singer may offer his finest melody, but what good is it? No tune can reach a heart that longs only for the loved one. The music feels empty, unable to move him. It is a tender way of saying that true pleasure, even in art, depends on the presence of the one we love. Separation makes all beauty feel hollow. So the poet asks, almost with a sigh, why the singer bothers to perform his song at all, when there is no companion to make the listening worthwhile.
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