Sohbat Rakha Kiya Woh Safiya-o-Zalal Se — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
How he kept company with the grace of Safiya and Zalal, my little jewel-like heart bled.
Explanation
This couplet beautifully captures the agony of emotional suffering that can arise simply from proximity. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that merely keeping company with certain people—Safiya and Zalal—was enough to cause intense internal pain. The 'bleeding of the dots' (नुक्ता-दानियाँ) is a deeply poetic metaphor for the fragile, delicate parts of the heart breaking open, indicating that the company itself was painful, even if it wasn't malicious.
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