Teg Par Haath Dam-b-dam Kab Tak — Mir Taqi Mir
तेग़ पर हाथ दम-ब-दम कब तक
इक लगा चक कि मुद्द'आ है ये
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
How long can the hand rest upon the sword, moment by moment? It is merely a desperate plea.
Explanation
This profound couplet questions the sustainability of constant readiness. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that keeping a hand on the sword, always prepared for battle, is exhausting. He implies that such intense, continuous demands are ultimately superficial—mere fleeting requests that vanish as quickly as they appeared.
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