Gai Hoti Sar Abalon Ke Pe Hui Khair — Mir Taqi Mir
गई होती सर आबलों के पे हुई ख़ैर
बड़ा क़ज़िया ख़ारों से बरपा हुआ था
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
If it were not for the gentle showers, the matter would have been settled. A great quarrel was brewing from the thorny thickets.
Explanation
Mir Taqi Mir describes a profound sense of misfortune. The couplet suggests that the suffering or entanglement (woven from thorns) was destined for a lofty, beautiful place—'on the heads of the clouds.' But instead, it manifested here, in the earthly realm. It is a lament that the greatest sorrows were meant to be ethereal, yet they grounded themselves in harsh reality.
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