क्या मुझे ख़ुश आए ये हैरत-सरा-ए-बे-सबात होश उड़ने के लिए है जान जाने के लिए
— Akbar Allahabadi
Meaning

How could this unstable and baffling world please me, where consciousness exists only to be lost and life only to depart?

Explanation

Mir depicts this world as a fleeting house of wonders—a dazzling hall of mirrors that astonishes only to bewilder. He asks how one could ever truly delight in such a place, where consciousness exists only to be scattered and life is granted only to slip away. It is a tender, melancholic reflection on the sheer fragility of our existence and the heartbreak of impermanence.

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