Hum Hain Aur Saaya Tire Kuche Ki Deewaron Ka — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
We have only ourselves and the shade of the walls of your lane; what business do sinners like us have in paradise?
Explanation
The poet says all he has is the shade of the walls in his beloved's street. That narrow lane is his whole world, his comfort and his home. Then he smiles at himself and says, what would someone like him even do in paradise? He is a sinner, a lover who has spent his life clinging to these walls. The promise of heaven means little to him, because his heaven is already here, in the shadow of his beloved's door. It's a tender confession that true devotion needs no reward. For one lost in love, the beloved's street is enough, and the gardens of paradise hold no charm.
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