Garmi-e-ishq Maane Nishwa-o-numa Hui — Mir Taqi Mir
गर्मी-ए-इश्क़ माने नश्व-ओ-नुमा हुई
मैं वो निहाल था कि उगा और जल गया
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
The heat of love, I mistook for the glow of the evening; I was so joyous that I sprouted and burned.
Explanation
This couplet beautifully captures the paradoxical nature of intense love. The heat of passion felt like both intoxication and a grand spectacle. The poet describes a state of overwhelming joy—so much joy that he 'bloomed' with life, yet this very intensity ultimately caused him to 'burn.' It speaks to the exquisite agony of deep passion, where ecstasy and destruction coexist.
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