Hasrat Us Ki Jagah Thi Khwabida — Mir Taqi Mir
हसरत उस की जगह थी ख़्वाबीदा
'मीर' का खोल कर कफ़न देखा
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
The longing was for the dream-weaver, when 'Mir' saw the shroud of his own existence.
Explanation
This couplet is a profound meditation on the nature of longing and mortality. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the yearning for a beloved, the 'hasrat,' was not physically located in the beloved's place (Khwabida). Instead, when his shroud was opened, the profound emptiness and sorrow were revealed. It suggests that the greatest pain is not in the loss itself, but in the enduring memory and the emotional void left behind.
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