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This poem is a powerful call to reject borrowed, secondhand beliefs in favor of a personal, authentic truth.

The Cost of Truth: The poet begins by stating that "this" (truth, real faith, self-realization) is not free. It demands hard work: fikar (contemplation) and sabar (patience). It requires a person to be willing to be a lonely, suffering shajar (tree) on their quest.

The Rejection of Dogma: This truth cannot be found casually ("beithay bithaaey"). It demands rebellion. It requires one to break rasm (dogma, empty rituals) and remove the veils that centuries of social conditioning have placed on our minds.

A Personal God: This is the core of the poem. The poet challenges the idea of a God owned by a specific group ("If God is theirs..."). He then describes his own God: an intimate, loving presence who is mukhatib (in dialogue) with him. This God is not a wrathful judge but a loving, mutmain (content) being who laughs at the poet's "antics" the way a mother adores her child's "innocent anger." This recasts human flaws as minor, understandable actions in the eyes of a loving creator.

The Urgency of Life: The poem concludes with a reminder of mortality. Life is just a lamha (moment), defined as the time you are truly bedaar (awake). The poet equates the self with the heart ("tum DIL hi tou ho!"). Since death (mout) is inevitable and will erase all social constructs (rituals, opinions of others), the only thing that will matter, in the end, is whether you truly lived by "listening to your heart."