Gul-o-bulbul Bahaar Mein Dekha — Mir Taqi Mir
गुल-ओ-बुलबुल बहार में देखा
एक तुझ को हज़ार में देखा
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
In the spring, I saw the rose and the nightingale, but I saw you even among a thousand.
Explanation
This poignant couplet speaks to the overwhelming presence of the beloved. The poet says that in the springtime, amidst the beauty of roses and nightingales, he saw the beloved. But it wasn't just one glimpse; it was seeing them in a thousand forms, a thousand times. It captures the feeling that the beloved's image, or the memory of their beauty, permeates every aspect of life and beauty around him.
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