Kisi Bekas Ko Use Bedaad-gar Maara To Kya Maara — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
If a tyrant has killed some helpless person, what is so great about that killing? And one who is already dying—what triumph is there in slaying him?
Explanation
This couplet gently mocks the idea of cruelty that takes no real courage. The poet says, what great deed is it if a tyrant strikes down someone who is utterly helpless and defenceless? There is no honour in overpowering the powerless. And then he adds a deeper thought: if a person is already dying, already broken and fading away on their own, what glory is there in killing them? It takes no strength to harm those who cannot resist or who are already slipping away. The poet is pointing to the emptiness of such acts, reminding us that true power or victory lies elsewhere, not in crushing those who have nothing left to give or defend.
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