sherKuch Alfaaz
lagta nahin hai dil mira ujde dayar men kis ki bani hai alam-e-na-paedar men my heart, these dismal ruins, cannot now placate who can find sustenance in this unstable state the speaker feels estranged in a place that has been devastated, so even home no longer feels like home. the “ruined land” becomes a metaphor for loss—of belonging, peace, and former life. the second line widens the pain into a universal truth: the world is impermanent, and lasting fulfillment is rare. together, the couplet holds private sorrow and philosophical resignation in one breath.
