Kya Kahiye Kya Rakhem Haim Ham Tujh Se Yar Khwahis — Mir Taqi Mir
क्या कहिए क्या रक्खें हैं हम तुझ से यार ख़्वाहिश
यक जान ओ सद तमन्ना यक दिल हज़ार ख़्वाहिश
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
My dear, what shall I say and what shall I keep from you, these desires? A life, oh, and endless longing, a heart full of a thousand desires.
Explanation
This beautiful couplet is a profound confession of overwhelming love. The poet, Mir Taqi Mir, is telling his beloved that his desires are limitless—they cannot be contained or explained. He quantifies his emotion by saying he possesses a life, a hundred longings, and a heart holding a thousand desires. It speaks to the unbearable intensity of deep, consuming love.
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