दर्स-ए-तपिश है बर्क़ को अब जिस के नाम से वो दिल है ये कि जिस का तख़ल्लुस सुबूर था
— Mirza Ghalib
Meaning

This is that very heart whose pen-name was once patience, but from whose name even lightning now takes lessons in burning heat.

Explanation

The poet paints a striking portrait of a heart pushed beyond its endurance. Once so gentle and forbearing that its very identity was 'Saboor'—the patient one—it has now been consumed so fiercely by the agony of love that even lightning must take lessons from its heat. It is a tender yet devastating reflection on how relentless grief can transform the quietest soul into an all-consuming flame.

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