Jab Jaanshi Taasiir Ki Dushman Bhi Vahaan-se — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
Then you would know the truth of it, O turning wheel of time, if even your enemy had emerged from that place in my own way, as I did.
Explanation
The poet speaks to the ever-turning wheel of time and fate. He says: you would truly understand the real effect of your cruelty, your constant upheavals, only if your own enemy, like me, had to pass through the very same trials. If fate itself had to suffer what we suffer, it would finally know how heavy these blows feel. There is a quiet complaint here, a gentle protest against the hardships of life. The poet wishes that time could taste its own medicine, so it might learn the pain it casually hands out to ordinary people like him.
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