By Nida Fazli
walon ko kya kya chiz hai
kije phir samajhiye kya chiz hai
kije phir samajhiye kya chiz 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 ज़िंदगी क्या है
कीजे फिर समझिए ज़िंदगी 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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