बाक़ी रहेगा जौर-ओ-सितम रोज़-ए-हश्र लग तुझ ज़ुल्फ़ की जफ़ा में निपट इम्तिदाद है
— Wali Dakhani
Meaning

Tyranny and cruelty will endure until the Day of Judgment, as there is immense length and prolongation in the torment of your tresses.

Explanation

Here, the poet draws a clever link between the immense physical length of the beloved's dark locks and the never-ending torment they bring. In classical verse, long tresses often symbolize entrapment, but here their stretch is so vast that the lover fears the heartbreak will endure until the Day of Doom. It is a tender, exaggerated sigh of an impassioned heart that sees no end to the sweet cruelty of love.

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