sherKuch Alfaaz
hum hi un ko baam pe lae aur hamin mahrum rahe parda hamare nam se uttha aankh ladai logon ne i had brought her to the stage and then i was denied the curtain, in my name, was raised, but others gratified the speaker laments a bitter irony: he helped the beloved rise to a visible, elevated place, but he himself gained no share of that closeness. “rooftop” suggests prominence and access, while the “veil” lifting from his name implies his role being revealed. once that happens, society feels licensed to stare and pursue, turning his devotion into his disgrace. the emotional core is wounded love mixed with humiliation and the pain of others profiting from one’s sacrifice.
