दिल को मस्जिद से न मंदिर से है उन्स ऐसे वहशी को कहीं बहलाएँ क्या
— Altaf Hussain Hali
Meaning

The heart feels no affection for either the mosque or the temple; how can such a wild and untamed heart ever be comforted or diverted anywhere?

Explanation

Here, the poet portrays the human heart as a wild, untamed spirit that refuses to be boxed in by institutional religion or worldly sanctuaries. When neither the sacred quiet of the mosque nor the devoted warmth of the temple can soothe its restlessness, what else in this world could possibly offer it comfort? It beautifully captures the agony of a soul in the throes of absolute love or existential yearning—so thoroughly free and wild that ordinary consolations simply cease to work.

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