Gulgasht-e-chaman Karte Ho Jab Hamraah-e-yaaraan — Nazeer Akbarabadi
Meaning
When you stroll through the garden in the company of friends, even there, if need be, you reckon me a thorn in your path.
Explanation
The poet speaks to the beloved with a touch of playful complaint. When you stroll through the garden with your friends, enjoying its beauty, even there you need me. But your need is a strange one. In that lovely garden full of flowers, you turn to me only like a thorn. You think of me when something must prick or trouble someone. So even in moments of joy, I am remembered, but always in a harsh and hurtful role, never as a flower, only as the thorn you use.
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