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A glowing shelf · Shayari

dikhaai diye yun ke bekhud kiya,
hamein aap se bhi judaa kar chale.

“You revealed yourself and left me spellbound — you parted me even from my own self.”

Mir Taqi Mir · Urdu Ghazal

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A glowing shelf · Doha

jo dil khoja aapna,
mujhse bura na koy.

“When I searched my own heart, I found none worse than me.” Two lines that have outlived five centuries.

Kabir · 15th century

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