उम्र शायद न करे आज वफ़ा काटना है शब-ए-तन्हाई का
— Altaf Hussain Hali
Meaning

Perhaps life will not remain faithful today and may come to an end, yet this night of loneliness still has to be endured.

Explanation

Here, the poet captures the crushing weight of loneliness, where a single night stretches out longer than an entire lifetime. There is a quiet, haunting dread that life itself might give up and breathe its last before morning arrives, yet the agonizing burden of enduring this solitary night remains. It beautifully contrasts the fragile fleetingness of life with the seemingly eternal pain of solitude.

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