sherKuch Alfaaz
us naqsh-e-pa ke sajde ne kya kya kiya zalil main kucha-e-raqib men bhi sar ke bal gaya bowing to her footsteps brought me shame i dread i went to my rival's street standing on my head the beloved’s footprint becomes a symbol of extreme worship: the lover’s reverence is so excessive that it turns into public humiliation. the second line intensifies the shame—he lowers himself so completely that he even enters the rival’s lane, where his pride should have stopped him. the couplet captures love as obsession that breaks dignity and makes one cross forbidden boundaries. the emotional core is helpless devotion mixed with self-awareness of disgrace.
