Gulchin Samajh Ke Chuniyo Ki Gulshan Mein Meer Ke — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
You chose this believing it to be a simple flower, when, Meer, these fragments of my heart lie within the garden's bloom.
Explanation
This powerful couplet is a warning about superficial judgments. Mir Taqi Mir tells the listener that while they might pick a single, seemingly delicate flower (gulchain), they are actually standing in a garden where the real treasures—or wounds—are the poet's pieces of heart (lakht-e-jigar). The message is that the depth of pain and emotion in life is far greater than what is visible on the surface.
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