Milate Ho Usi Ko Khaak Men Jo Dil Se Milta Hai — Dagh Dehlvi
Meaning
You ruin the very person who meets you sincerely from the heart; my beloved, one who truly loves is found with great difficulty.
Explanation
In this couplet, the lover makes a tender and wounded appeal to the beloved, playing beautifully on the contrast between approaching with an open, sincere heart ('dil se milna') and being ground into the dust ('khaak mein milana'). It captures the painful irony that the most vulnerable and pure devotion is often met with the harshest indifference. Calling the beloved 'my life' (meri jaan), the poet gently cautions that genuine love is an exceedingly rare treasure in this world—one far too precious to be casually ruined.
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