By Nida Fazli
walon ko kya kya hai
phir kya hai
phir kya hai
“What do the ever-sober know of the state of self-forgetting? Fall in love — only then will you understand what life is.”
Romanहिन्दीNida Fazli
वालों को क्या क्या है
कीजे फिर समझिए क्या है
कीजे फिर समझिए क्या है
The verse in Devanagari — it carries the authenticity of the original, and every Hindi reader can read it.
♪ Hear the coupletA recitation in a synthesized voice.
The Interpretation
The couplet draws a hard line between the perpetually sober and those who have known self-forgetting in love. Fazli's claim is bold: life cannot be understood from the safe shore — you must lose yourself first. Knowledge here is not information but surrender.
For You, Today
Some truths about being alive are closed to caution — you have to risk love, and the loss of self it brings, to reach them.
A classic mushaira verse, it sets the intoxication of love above the composure of the cautious.
Themes:Love & LossWisdom
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