Taale-e-bargashta Meri Kya Haran — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
My fortune has turned against me—what deer or gazelle remains to me? From the land of nothingness no deer has ever returned.
Explanation
The poet speaks of his reversed, unlucky fate. He says his misfortune is so complete that even a deer, once it enters the land of non-existence, never returns. In other words, there is no coming back from where his luck has pushed him. The deer here stands for something swift and alive, yet even it cannot escape that final realm. The couplet gently mourns how fortune can turn against us so deeply that the door back seems forever closed. It is a quiet reflection on bad luck, loss, and the finality of certain partings.
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