नक़्क़ाश देख तो मैं क्या नक़्श-ए-यार खींचा
उस शोख़ कम-नुमा का नित इंतिज़ार खींचा
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
Seeing the engraver, what could I do but draw the design of the beloved? From that charming, modest one, I kept drawing the wait.
Explanation
This powerful couplet captures the agony of unfulfilled love. The poet asks: 'What masterpiece could I draw, seeing the artisan, but it was merely the portrait of the Beloved?' And then, 'What else could I draw but the drawing of waiting for that charming, elusive Beloved?' It speaks to the depth of devotion—that even the act of longing becomes the art itself.
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