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तिलिस्म-ए-ख़ाक कमीं-गाह-ए-यक-जहाँ सौदा
ब-मर्ग तकिया-ए-आसाइश-ए-फ़ना मा'लूम
Mirza Ghalib
Meaning

The enchantment of dust, a hiding place for a world's passions. Death seems to be the pillow of comfort for annihilation.

Explanation

My dear friend, Ghalib paints such a vivid picture here, doesn't he? He speaks of this very earth, this 'khaak' or dust, as an 'enchantment'—a 'tilism' that beguiles us. It's a hiding place, he says, for a whole world of our deepest longings, our 'sauda'—those swirling desires and obsessions that consume us. Life often feels like this, doesn't it? A dizzying pursuit of wanting. But then, Ghalib offers a profound solace, a quiet acceptance. He sees 'death'—'marg'—not as an end, but as a 'takiya' or pillow. A pillow of true 'comfort' or 'aasaaish' in 'fana'—in that ultimate dissolution, that gentle fading away. It’s where all the madness, all the wanting, finally finds its absolute rest. Perhaps true peace lies not in fulfilling every desire, but in the quiet surrender of wanting anything at all.

Difficult Words
तिलिस्मMagic, enchantment, illusion
कमीं-गाहHiding place, ambush, lair
यक-जहाँA whole world, an entire universe
सौदाMadness, obsession, frenzy
फ़नाAnnihilation, perishability, transience

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