Us Se To Aur Aag Wo Bedard Ho Gaya — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
From that fire, the heartless one became even more cruel and unfeeling; now even my burning sighs have only made his heart colder.
Explanation
The poet tried to soften his beloved's heart with his burning, fiery sighs, hoping that such heat would melt the coldness. But the effect was the opposite. Instead of warming to him, the beloved grew even more unfeeling and cruel. Even those sighs, full of fire and longing, only made the heart colder. There is a gentle irony here. The very thing meant to kindle warmth ended up freezing the heart further. It captures the pain of loving someone who turns distant no matter how deeply you feel, how even your most passionate efforts leave them untouched and cold.
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