किसी के वास्ते रूस्वा-ए-आलम हो पे जी में रख
कि मारा जाए जो ज़ाहिर करे उस राज़-ए-पिन्हाँ को
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
Keep a sorrow in your heart for someone, a grief for the world, because if you reveal that hidden secret, you will be struck down.
Explanation
This profound couplet speaks to the immense weight of secrets. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that some truths are so delicate, so personal, that they must be kept hidden forever. The cost of revealing a deep, hidden secret, he warns, is not just personal embarrassment, but something catastrophic—a ruin for the world or the self. It is a meditation on discretion and the power of silence.
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