Ab Jaan Pe Aafat Hai Jo Aae Ho Dobara — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
Now my life is in danger because you have come again, for once already my heart and faith had been plundered completely.
Explanation
The poet speaks to a beloved who has returned. The first time they appeared, they stole away his heart and even his faith, leaving him completely ruined. He had already lost everything precious to him in that first encounter. Now that they have come back a second time, he fears for his very life. There is nothing left to take except his soul. With gentle humor and a touch of complaint, he tells the beloved that their return is dangerous, because the last visit already destroyed his heart and his religion. It is a tender way of saying how deeply love has overwhelmed him, and how helpless he remains before it.
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