ye mere dil ki havas dasht-e-be-karan jaisi vo teri aankh ke tevar samundaron vaale

aap sagar hain to sairab karen pyase ko aap badal hain to mujh dasht pe saaya kijiye

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

yak-qalam kaghhaz-e-atish-zada hai safha-e-dasht naqsh-e-pa men 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.

ye mere dil ki havas dasht-e-be-karan jaisi vo teri aankh ke tevar samundaron vaale

aap sagar hain to sairab karen pyase ko aap badal hain to mujh dasht pe saaya kijiye

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

yak-qalam kaghhaz-e-atish-zada hai safha-e-dasht naqsh-e-pa men 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.