By Abbas Qamar
mein koi ka agar
ki kar diya
ki kar diya
“If in the gathering I came upon one line of beauty, I recited so many couplets that it became a whole collection.”
Romanहिन्दीAbbas Qamar
में कोई का अगर मिला
इतने सुनाए कि कर दिया
इतने सुनाए कि कर दिया
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
One overheard line of beauty in a gathering sets the poet off, and he answers it with so many couplets that the recitation swells into a whole diwan. It is a charming picture of inspiration as overflow — beauty glimpsed once becomes a flood that cannot be rationed.
For You, Today
When something beautiful catches you, let it pull more out of you than you planned — a single spark is meant to be answered generously.
A light, affectionate couplet about how beauty provokes art faster than the poet can contain it.
Themes:BeautyAspiration
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