Sarapa Arzu Hone Ne Banda Kar Diya Ham Ko — Mir Taqi Mir
सरापा आरज़ू होने ने बंदा कर दिया हम को
वगर्ना हम ख़ुदा थे गर दिल-ए-बे-मुद्दआ होते
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
Because of your unfulfilled desires, you have rendered us inert; otherwise, we were God, if our hearts were not abandoned.
Explanation
This profound couplet speaks to the devastating power of desire (aarzoo). Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the very act of wanting—of loving or yearning—is what drags us from a state of divine perfection into the messy, emotional reality of being human. He implies that if his heart were free from longing, he would possess the power of God, but because he feels, he is merely a mortal soul.
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