Main Vo Huun Said Ki Phir Is Mein Phanstaa Ko Aa — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
I am that prey who would come and get trapped in it again, even though you would release me from the cage a hundred times.
Explanation
Here the poet speaks like a bird that has been caught. He says, I am such a prey that I would never fall into this trap again. Once free, who would willingly return to be captured? So even if you released me from the cage a hundred times, it would make no difference, because I would not come back to be snared. There is a quiet pride and a gentle complaint here. The poet suggests that true freedom, once truly understood, cannot be undone by repeated gestures of release. It speaks of a heart that has learned its lesson and refuses to be bound again.
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