Wherever you find the earth scorched or burning hot, understand that a person with a broken, fire-filled heart lies buried there.

This poignant couplet, from Mir Taqi Mir, captures the feeling of emotional instability in a place. The poet suggests that whenever the ground feels shaky or unstable (तफ़्ता), it's not just the earth moving, but rather the lingering presence of a heartbroken soul (दिल-जला) that has settled there. It's a beautiful way of saying that some emotional wounds leave such a deep impact that the very atmosphere feels fragile and unstable.