Ta-kuja Zabt-e-mohabbat Ta-kuja Dard-e-firaq — Jigar Moradabadi
Meaning
How long must I restrain my love, and how long must I endure the pain of separation? Have mercy on me, for after all, I am known as your secret.
Explanation
In this couplet, the lover reaches a breaking point where the quiet endurance of love and the agony of separation feel unbearable. He gently pleads with the beloved for compassion, offering a beautifully vulnerable argument: he is the living secret of their love. By letting him break or perish, the beloved risks having their own deeply guarded truth exposed to the world.
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