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bagh-e-bahisht se mujhe hukm-e-safar diya tha kyun kar-e-jahan daraaz hai ab mera intizar kar why did you bid me leave from paradise for now my work is yet unfinished here so you wil have to wait the speaker questions the reason for being sent away from a state of bliss, as if exiled from paradise into worldly life. “journey” becomes a metaphor for the human mission and struggle on earth. in the second line, he consoles the beloved/paradise/god: his task in the world is lengthy, but he will return—so he asks for patience. the emotional core is homesickness joined with resolve to fulfill a duty before reunion.

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