O boundless longing, to what heights have you raised the beloved; first making them my life, then the soul of my life, and finally the beloved of all souls.
Here, the poet marvels at the transformative power of boundless passion ('shauq-e-faraawaan'). Love doesn't stay static; it keeps raising the beloved higher with every heartbeat. They start as simply his own life ('jaan'), then become the very soul of that life ('jaan-e-jaan'), and finally ascend to being the beloved of the entire universe ('jaan-e-jaanaan')—showing how deep devotion turns a personal love into something cosmic and divine.
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