Rakhna Na Tha Qadam Yaa Zun Ba-taammul — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
The couplet means that I did not desire your steps or even a casual glance, but you traversed this world's path so lightly and casually.
Explanation
This powerful couplet captures the deep pain of being treated with utter indifference. The poet is saying that he was careful, that he didn't want to make a single careless move. Yet, the beloved (or the passing person) treated his entire existence as nothing more than a momentary sweep of the path—something they merely passed by. It speaks to the agony of emotional negligence, where your careful existence is dismissed as mere background noise.
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