Kahan Qadr-e-ham-jins Ham-jins Ko Hai — Dagh Dehlvi
कहाँ क़द्र-ए-हम-जिंस हम-जिंस को है
फ़रिश्तों को भी आदमी जानते हैं
— Dagh Dehlvi
Meaning
One of the same kind never values their own peer; people dismiss even angels as being merely human.
Explanation
This couplet captures a bittersweet truth about human nature—our chronic habit of undervaluing those who are like us. Blinded by familiarity or envy, we rarely appreciate the worth of our peers, taking their presence and virtues entirely for granted. The poet quips that our indifference runs so deep that even if a luminous angel walked among us, we would casually dismiss them as merely another ordinary human.
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