sherKuch Alfaaz
maut ka ek din muayyan hai niind kyuun raat bhar nahin aati when for death a day has been ordained what reason that i cannot sleep all night? this couplet captures the irony between rational belief in destiny and human emotional restlessness. ghalib argues that if death is predestined and cannot occur before its time, there is no logical reason to fear the night or stay awake guarding one's life. yet, an inexplicable anxiety or existential dread persists, denying him peace and sleep.
