लहद भी देखिए इन में नसीब हो कि न हो कि ख़ाक छान के पाया है जिन ज़मीनों को
— Mir Anees
Meaning

It remains to be seen whether I will even be destined to have a grave in these lands that I obtained only after searching tirelessly and sifting through the dust.

Explanation

This couplet captures the poignant irony of life's exhausting struggles and the lingering fear of homelessness. The poet has spent a lifetime sifting through dust—enduring boundless hardships—merely to reach these cherished lands, yet despairs that he may not even be granted a humble grave there in the end. It is a deeply moving reflection on the tragedy of dedicating one's entire existence to a beloved, a homeland, or an ideal, only to face the uncertainty of ever truly belonging.

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