Shaam e firaaq ab na poochh, aai aur aa ke tal gai
Dil tha ke phir behel gya, jaan thi ke phir sambhal gai.

Faiz ka ye shair yaad aya aaj. This entire ghazal is very close to my heart because I was listening to it during my first acid trip - so from a sufi perspective.

Firaaq is a concept very frequently found in sufi poetry. To explain firaaq I'll need to talk about God. To talk about God I'll need to use the evidence that physics gave to me during my research.
You, me, the world, we're all made up of atoms, which are made of smaller particles

called the "subatomic" particles. A subatomic particle is a unit of matter or energy. So fundamentally, you, me, the world, we're all made up of units of "energy". This energy is (part of?) God. Hence "God" is not a separate, humanised entity, but the very matter of you.

From a sufi perspective, in our human existence this God part is "trapped" within us, as the "rooh" (subconscious mind?) - separated from God. This trapped/separated part longs to become one again with God.

"Firaaq" (Arabic) means separation.

Sufi firaaq - an unrelenting pining

to become one again with God, that only death can ease.

Now back to Faiz.

"Shaam e firaaq 'ab' na pooch". This "ab" is important because it implies he's in a constant state of firaaq, and he'll tell you how it went THIS time.

"Aai aur aa ke tal gaee".

"Tal" gai.
Guzri nahi.

"Dil tha ke phir behel gya, jaan thi ke phir sambhal gai"

From a sufi perspective, I'm in a state of firaaq on earth separated from God. Every shaam is shama e firaaq. I have found ways to distract myself, so dil behla liya, and as a result.. Jaan sambhal gai.

The beauty here is the pain behind his words as he acknowledges his own naivety. Dil, jaan - they carry the body, they are associated with human existence. He says he's torn between the need for his soul to escape, and for his body to ease pain.

The body won again he says.

Please excuse the typos. I should have given it a read before posting..