जिस की उल्फ़त पर बड़ा दावा था कल 'अकबर' तुम्हें आज हम जा कर उसे देख आए हरजाई तो है
— Akbar Allahabadi
Meaning

O Akbar, the person whose love you were boasting about so proudly yesterday, we went and saw them today and they truly turned out to be unfaithful.

Explanation

There is a delightful touch of gentle irony in this couplet, where romantic pride is punctured by cold reality. Yesterday, the lover was boasting with utmost confidence about their beloved's unmatched devotion, but today’s reality check confirms what the heart feared to admit. Seeing firsthand that the beloved is indeed fickle and unfaithful, the poet captures that bittersweet moment of heartbreak mixed with a knowing, resigned smile at one's own naivety.

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