Hamari Aahon Se Seene Pe Ho Gaya Bazaar — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
From our sighs, the chest became a marketplace, and every alley of wounds that was once congested now opened up ahead.
Explanation
This powerful couplet by Mir Taqi Mir speaks of the cumulative weight of emotional pain. He suggests that our deepest sighs and sorrow (आहें) are so profound that they create a whole 'market' (bazaar) upon the heart. Furthermore, every hidden wound, every difficult passage of pain (ज़ख़्म का कूचा), which we thought was insurmountable, has now become visible and overwhelming. It's a masterful depiction of how internalized grief eventually bursts forth!
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