Dil Pe Zakhmon Ki Taraqqi Se Hui Aur Ik Bahaar — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
As the wounds multiplied, another spring blossomed upon the heart; this flower, once a hundred-petalled rose, has now become a thousand-petalled one.
Explanation
The poet turns pain into beauty. As wounds on his heart keep increasing, he says it feels like another spring has arrived. He compares his heart to a flower. Earlier it was a sad-barg, a flower with a hundred petals. Now, with so many more wounds blooming upon it, it has become a hazaara, a flower with a thousand petals. Each wound is like a fresh petal opening up. Instead of complaining about his suffering, he sees his growing sorrows as a sign of richness and blossoming. It is a beautiful way of saying that a heart which has loved and suffered deeply becomes fuller, more layered, and strangely more alive with every new ache it carries.
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