जब कहा मैं ने भुला दो ग़ैर को हँस कर कहा याद फिर मुझ को दिलाना भूल जाने के लिए
— Akbar Allahabadi
Meaning

When I told my beloved to forget the rival, she laughed and said that I should remind her of him again so that she could forget him.

Explanation

This sher captures a delightfully playful yet stinging moment of lover's banter. When the lover, driven by jealousy, begs the beloved to forget his rival, she disarms him with witty laughter—asking him to remind her of who that rival even is, so she might try to forget him! It brilliantly turns the tables on the lover's insecurity, showing that the rival wasn't in her thoughts at all until his own jealousy brought him up.

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