Let us not romanticize this too easily. Ishq e Laa is excruciating. It is the path of the ashiq (the lover) who cries blood, not tears. It is waking up at 3 AM with a chest full of thorns, knowing the person you love will never know, or worse, will never care.
"Mujh se pehli si mohabbat mere mehboob na maang" (Do not ask me for the love I gave you before, my beloved.) ishq e laa
That is Ishq e Laa . It is the art of wanting without needing. Of burning without asking for water. Let us not romanticize this too easily