Gali Tak Teri Laya Tha Hamein Shauq — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
I had brought you all the way to the street, what desire was there, that now we should go back home? (This suggests that the speaker's desire was fulfilled just by reaching the street, and they lack the strength or will to return home.)
Explanation
This beautiful couplet captures the profound dilemma of the lover. Mir Taqi Mir says that while he had the desire (shauq) to reach the beloved's street, he no longer possesses the strength or will to even return to his own home. It speaks to a state of emotional exhaustion—a place where the journey itself has become more consuming than the destination. The heart is so deeply immersed in the love that the mundane act of going home seems impossible.
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