Tashreef Tum Na Laaye Jo Kar Kar Basanti Posh — Nazeer Akbarabadi
Meaning
You did not come adorned in saffron springtime clothes, so tell me—what sin did we commit on the occasion of spring?
Explanation
The poet is gently complaining to the beloved. It's the season of spring, when people dress in yellow, the color of the festival. The poet got all dressed up in spring finery, hoping the beloved would visit. But the beloved never came. So the poet asks, half teasing and half hurt, tell me, what crime did I commit by celebrating spring? Why should my little joy of wearing festive yellow be punished with your absence? There is a soft, playful sorrow here. The poet turns a simple seasonal custom into a tender reproach, wondering how an innocent celebration became a reason to stay away.
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