One day we set out on the road because we had a passion to wander through the wilderness.
This couplet captures that sudden, restless urge of the soul to leave behind domestic comfort and step into the vast unknown. In Urdu poetry, 'badiya-paimai'—wandering the desolate desert—is a classic metaphor for the consuming passion of true lovers, much like Majnun pacing the sands. The poet hasn't set out with a neat destination in mind; it is simply the overwhelming thirst for a grand, untamed quest where the journey itself becomes the ultimate truth.
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