आया कोई भी तरह मिरे चीन की होगी आज़ुर्दा हूँ जीने से मैं मरने से ख़फ़ा हूँ
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning

By whatever means someone comes, my China will be theirs; I am indifferent to life or death.

Explanation

This profound couplet captures the exquisite agony of the lover's heart. The poet suggests that whatever has happened, whatever has entered his emotional space, is inescapable. The second line is a masterful declaration of existential turmoil; he is so deeply conflicted that life itself and death itself both cause him distress. It speaks to a soul caught between two extremes, where peace is impossible.

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