Dasht

ye mere dil ki hawas dasht-e-be-karan jaisi wo teri aankh ke tewar samundaron wale

aap sagar hain to sairab karen pyase ko aap baadal hain to mujh dasht pe saya kijiye

dasht phir kyon nahin rahe aabaad abr aazad hai hawa mahfuz

guzar kar dasht se 'salim' junun ke safar ki aabru ho jaunga main

yak-qalam kaghaz-e-atish-zada hai safha-e-dasht naqsh-e-pa mein hai tab-e-garmi-e-raftar hunuz ghalib turns the desert into a “page” and the traveler’s motion into a fire that singes it. the burnt expanse suggests a life or world ravaged by intense passion and hardship. yet the second line says the warmth has not died: the traces still hold heat, meaning the impact of that fervor persists even after the passage. the couplet captures desolation with a lingering, restless energy.