Dekhe Hai Mujhe Deeda-e-pur-khasm Se Vo Meer — Mir Taqi Mir
देखे है मुझे दीदा-ए-पुर-ख़श्म से वो 'मीर'
मेरे ही नसीबों में था ये ज़हर का प्याला
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
I have seen, from the eyes of the city, O Meer, that this cup of poison was in my own destiny.
Explanation
This couplet is a profound meditation on fatalism and the inescapable nature of pain. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the painful reality—the 'city of wounds'—was shown to him by the beloved or fate itself. The second line is the core realization: the poison cup wasn't an unexpected tragedy; it was written in his own destiny. It speaks to the bitter acceptance that suffering is sometimes the pre-ordained path of life.
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