Us Aftab Bin Nahin Kuch Soojhta Hamein — Mir Taqi Mir
उस आफ़्ताब बिन नहीं कुछ सूझता हमें
गर ये ही अपने दिन हैं तो तारीक शब है क्या
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
Without that sun, nothing is comprehensible to us, and if these are our days, then what is this dark night?
Explanation
This profound couplet speaks to the existential confusion felt when guidance or hope is lost. The poet, Mir Taqi Mir, asks: If the light (the 'Aaftaab') is gone, how can anything be clear? He equates the beloved's absence or the loss of truth to a perpetual, terrifying night. It is a powerful metaphor for emotional despair, where even the passage of time feels like a deep, unending darkness.
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