Zara Ho Garmi-e-sohbat To Khaak Kar Di Charkh — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
If the warmth of my company were to kindle even a little, I would burn the heavens to ash; my ecstasy is like the laughing bloom of a flying spark.
Explanation
The poet compares his joy to the brief smile of a spark. A spark glows bright for just an instant and then turns to ash. In the same way, the warmth of companionship, as soon as it grows close and intense, seems to burn itself out and fade to dust. There is a bittersweet feeling here. The happiness is real and dazzling, but it is fleeting, lasting only a moment before it disappears. The poet accepts that his delight is short-lived by its very nature, like that quick flash of a spark that smiles once and is gone.
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