Sach Hi Sahi Aap Ka Paimaan-e-wafa — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
Granted your pledge of faithfulness is true, but when did death ever promise a tomorrow?
Explanation
The poet gently questions a promise of loyalty. Fine, he says, let us accept that your vow of faithfulness is true. But here is the quiet irony: death never makes a promise about tomorrow. We like to believe our pledges will last, that there will always be another day to keep our word. Yet death gives no such assurance. It can arrive without warning, before any promise is fulfilled. So the poet reminds us how fragile our commitments really are, not because people lie, but because life itself is uncertain. There is tenderness here, and a touch of sorrow, inviting us to value love and loyalty in the present moment, since no one can guarantee the time that lies ahead.
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