Jigar Zakhmi Hai Aur Dil Lot-ta Hai Tumne Kya Jaana — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
My liver is wounded and my heart writhes in agony—this you never understood. Whether you struck here or struck there, what did that blow amount to?
Explanation
The poet is in deep pain. His liver is wounded and his heart writhes in agony, yet the beloved never truly understood how much he was suffering. He says it hardly mattered where the blow landed. Whether struck on this side or that, the wound was the same, the pain was complete. There was no escaping it. In these words lies both heartbreak and a quiet complaint, as if to say: you wounded me everywhere, inside and out, but you never realized the extent of my suffering. It captures that helpless feeling when someone hurts you deeply and remains unaware of the damage they have done.
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