M1:2098 — جان او آنجا سُرایان ماجرا / کاندر اینجا گر بماندندی مرا

This couplet captures the moment the minstrel's soul, having escaped the confines of his body in a dream-like trance, experiences profound spiritual freedom. The preceding verses describe how he laid his head on a grave, using his chang (harp) as a pillow, and fell asleep. His 'bird of soul' (murgh-e jān) then escaped its cage (the body), leaving behind the chang and the changī (minstrel). In this state, he is freed from the 'toil of the world' and enters a 'simple world and a desert of the soul.'

Here, his soul sings, not with words, but with an inner realization, expressing a deep wish to remain in this pure, unencumbered state. The 'here' (īnjā) refers to the 'simple world and desert of the soul' mentioned in the previous verse, a realm of spiritual clarity and peace. This is a common Sufi theme: the soul's natural inclination towards its divine origin and its reluctance to return to the limitations and suffering of the material world. It's a taste of the spiritual paradise that awaits the soul after physical death, making the return to the body feel like a regression.