इसी दरिया-ए-ख़ूबी का है ये शौक़
कि मौजें सब कनारें हो गई हैं
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
It is because of this passion for the river of beauty that all the waves have become the shores.
Explanation
This profound couplet speaks to an all-consuming passion. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that this deep longing (shauq) belongs to the same river of beauty that every single wave has reached the shore. It implies that the beauty, or the emotion, is so pervasive and universal that it cannot be contained—it has touched every corner of life and the heart. It's a beautiful depiction of irresistible attraction.
