Hota Jo Na Paivand-e-zamin Teri Gali Mein — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
Had this heart not become a patch fused into the ground of your lane, it would long ago have found rest buried deep beneath the earth.
Explanation
Here the poet speaks with aching devotion. He says that if his heart had not become one with the dust of your street, pressed against that ground like a patch upon it, then it would already have found its rest deep beneath the earth, in the grave. In other words, lying humbly in your lane is the only thing keeping him alive. His love for your doorstep holds him back from death itself. The dust of your street has become his resting place, more precious than any peace the grave could offer. It is a tender way of saying that nearness to the beloved is his whole reason for being.
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