By Mehshar Afridi
mujhe jis haal mein chhoda usi halat mein paogi
badi imaandari se tumhara hijr kaata hai
badi imaandari se tumhara hijr kaata hai
“You will find me exactly as you left me — I have endured your absence with complete honesty.”
Romanहिन्दीMehshar Afridi
मुझे जिस हाल में छोड़ा उसी हालत में पाओगी
बड़ी ईमान-दारी से तुम्हारा हिज्र काटा है
बड़ी ईमान-दारी से तुम्हारा हिज्र काटा है
The verse in Devanagari — it carries the authenticity of the original, and every Hindi reader can read it.
♪ Hear the coupletA recitation in a synthesized voice.
The Interpretation
The speaker promises to be found unchanged, exactly as the beloved left him — and frames that stillness as a kind of integrity. The wonderful phrase is "complete honesty": absence has been endured not passively but as a faithful, almost meticulous act. Constancy becomes a craft the speaker has practised with discipline.
For You, Today
Faithfulness through a long absence is not waiting idly — it is a quiet, honest discipline you choose to keep.
A couplet that recasts the endurance of separation as an act of scrupulous integrity rather than mere suffering.
Themes:LongingPatience
More from Mehshar Afridi
The heart of this site stays with Iqbal: explore his couplets → Or browse the whole Other Voices shelf →