Charkh Par Baith Raha Jaan Bacha Kar Isaa — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
Jesus went up to the heavens to save his own life, when he could find no cure for those your love had made ill.
Explanation
Here the poet gently teases the beloved. Jesus was famous for healing the sick and even reviving the dead. But your sick ones, the poet says, are beyond even his cure. When Jesus couldn't heal the wounds that your beauty and indifference caused, he fled up to the sky to save his own life. In other words, the lovesickness your charm creates is so deep that no miracle can touch it. It's a playful, exaggerated way of praising how powerfully you capture hearts. Even the greatest healer admits defeat and runs away, taking refuge in the heavens.
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