Betaab Hai Kamal Hamara Dil-e-hazin — Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
Meaning
Our sorrowful heart is extremely restless; this guest lodged in the inn of the body—who knows when it will set off and depart.
Explanation
The poet speaks of his sad, restless heart. It has grown so impatient and uneasy that he wonders if it is about to leave. He pictures the body as a guest house, a temporary lodging, and the heart as a traveller staying within it. Now that guest seems ready to depart, as if the journey of life is nearing its end. There is a gentle sorrow here, a sense that the soul does not truly belong to the body but is only passing through. The couplet quietly reminds us how fleeting our earthly stay really is.
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