Lagi Un Aankhon Se Har Waqt Ai Dil-e-sad-chaak — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
O heart torn into a hundred pieces, your gaze stayed fixed upon those eyes at every moment; yet why did your rank never rise to equal even the crack in the door?
Explanation
The poet speaks to his own heart, which is torn into a hundred pieces. He says your gaze stays fixed on those beloved eyes all the time, always watching, always longing. Then he asks a gentle, aching question: despite all this devotion, why did you never earn even the humble status of a crack in a door? A crack in a door at least gets to peek inside, to glimpse what lies beyond. But you, my shattered heart, with all your constant looking, were never granted even that small nearness. It's a tender complaint about love's helplessness, how deep longing often brings no reward, not even the smallest glimpse of the beloved.
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