koi virani si virani hai dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aaya what kind of desolation there this be home comes to mind the desert when i see this couplet subverts the traditional metaphor where a home is a sanctuary and the wilderness is a place of ruin. the poet expresses that the vast emptiness of the desert reminds him of his home, implying that his house is even more desolate and destroyed than the wilderness itself.
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