Mange Hai Dua Khalk Tujhe Dekh Ke Zalim — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
The masses pray for you after seeing you, O cruel one; friend, ensure that there is no attachment to them.
Explanation
This couplet captures the profound agony of unrequited love. The world sees the beloved and showers them with prayers and adoration, calling them 'Zalim' (the cruel one) because their beauty is so painful. Yet, the poet's deepest wish is the opposite: that God keeps the beloved indifferent to him. It is a heartbreaking paradox—to wish for the very absence of love, because the pain of its existence is unbearable.
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