ऐ वो कि तू बैठा है सर-ए-राह पे ज़िन्हार
कहियो जो कभू 'मीर' बला-कश इधर आवे
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
Oh! You are sitting in the middle of the path like a deadly lure. Say that never, 'Mir,' will such an attractive danger come here.
Explanation
This profound couplet captures the essence of self-destructive attraction. The poet, Mir Taqi Mir, addresses a perilous 'snare' (zinhaar) laid on the path. He is asking for a warning—a premonition—for the moment when he himself, the 'bala-kash' (the one who attracts danger/trouble), is inevitably drawn to that dangerous spot. It is a beautiful acknowledgment of one's own fatal flaw in love.
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