ko karte rahe is se hum
“There was nothing wrong with him — we were the fools, cleaning the mirror clean from our own side.”
शीशे को करते रहे इस से हम
The verse in Devanagari — it carries the authenticity of the original, and every Hindi reader can read it.
The couplet delivers a quiet, self-aware confession — the fault was never the other person's. The mirror image is precise: they kept polishing their own side of the glass, never seeing that clarity could not come from one side alone. It captures the painful moment of realising you misjudged a relationship by misjudging yourself.
Before blaming the other person, check which side of the mirror you have been cleaning — some clouded reflections are your own work.
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