Saath Na Chalne Ka Bahaana To Dekh — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
Just look at his excuse for not walking along with me—he fell fast asleep ahead of my bier.
Explanation
Just look at the excuse he found to avoid walking with me. When my funeral procession came before him, he simply fell asleep. The poet speaks with a bitter smile. The beloved never wished to accompany him in life, and even in death the indifference continues. Instead of joining the final journey, the beloved pretends to be asleep, a gentle pretense to stay away. There is deep pain hidden here, yet it is wrapped in soft irony. The lover notices how far the heart has drifted, how even death cannot draw a little care. It is a tender complaint about love that was never returned, spoken quietly, almost as if forgiving the one who stayed behind.
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