ग़ज़ब है बहर-ए-फ़ना का धारा कि मुझ को उलझा के मारा मारा नफ़स ने मौजों का जाल बुन कर लहद ने काम-ए-नहंग हो कर
— Nazm Tabatabai
Meaning

The current of the sea of mortality is dreadful, which entangled and destroyed me; my breaths wove a net like waves, and the grave became the jaws of a sea monster.

Explanation

The poet paints human mortality as an inescapable, stormy ocean of oblivion where we are caught entirely helpless. In a poignant twist of irony, the very breaths that sustain our life act like a tangled net of waves, while the grave awaits like the gaping jaws of a sea monster. It captures the turbulent journey of existence, where living itself steadily and inescapably pulls us toward our final end.

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