Jis Chaman-zaar Ka Hai Tu Gul-e-tar — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
If you are the most beautiful bloom of a garden, know that we are also the nightingales of this flower garden.
Explanation
This beautiful couplet speaks of mutual belonging and shared destiny. The beloved is compared to a delicate flower (gula-e-tar) in the gardener's garden, and the lover compares himself to the nightingale (bulbul) of that very same garden. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the connection is not one-sided; the lover is just as much a part of the beloved's world, destined to thrive within the same environment.
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