Ramak Ek Jaan-e-wabaal Hai Koi Dum Jo Hai To Azaab Hai — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
The mere mention of a life-at-risk is torment; when life itself is present, it is agony. This heart, stained with wounds, is like a kebab; the liver, yearning for water.
Explanation
This profound couplet captures the agonizing nature of love's intoxication. Mir Taqi Mir compares the beloved to a volatile, dangerous charm (jaan-e-wabaal). The pain is so intense that the poet describes his own heart as a stained, cooked kebab, and his liver as desperately yearning for water. It is a powerful depiction of consuming longing, where the mere presence of the beloved is described as torture itself.
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