What is the use of an ineffective sigh, or what worth has a fruitless tree? O Lord, when there is no pain at all, of what value is a heart or spirit?
The poet likens a hollow, ineffective sigh to a barren tree that bears no fruit—both exist without fulfilling their true purpose. In the ghazal tradition, 'dard' (sacred ache or tender pain) is not a curse, but the very spark that makes the heart conscious and alive. Without this capacity to feel deeply, having a heart or spirit is reduced to having lifeless, meaningless flesh.
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