न कहा था ऐ रफ़ूगर तिरे टाँके होंगे ढीले न सिया गया ये आख़िर दिल-ए-चाक-ए-बे-क़राराँ
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning

I never said that your stitches would be loose, nor did I say that this heart is a heart of uncertainty.

Explanation

This profound couplet, attributed to Mir Taqi Mir, speaks of fragile emotional commitment. The speaker is warning a lover (Raufugar) that the stitches holding the lover's promises are weak. More critically, he warns that his own heart—this restless, unstable heart—will eventually unravel. It's a poignant admission of vulnerability, suggesting that even if the love is unstable, the decay of the self is the greater, more inevitable tragedy.

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