Mir Har-chand Main Ne Chaha Lake — Mir Taqi Mir

'मीर' हर-चंद मैं ने चाहा लेक न छुपा इश्क़-ए-तिफ़्ल बद-ख़ू का
— Mir Taqi Mir

Meaning

The Shayar says that I desired the lake, but did not conceal the love of my child's heart.

Explanation

This beautiful couplet is a declaration of pure, uninhibited emotion. Mir Taqi Mir is saying that he embraced every facet of youthful, playful, and mischievous love, and he never tried to hide it. It speaks to a profound honesty in passion—a willingness to live fully in the intensity of feeling, without shame or pretense. It is the poetry of the heart that refuses to whisper, preferring instead to proclaim its desires aloud.

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