📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝The thread of love, O Rahim, do not snap it apart,
once broken it joins not again, and if it does, a knot remains.❞
once broken it joins not again, and if it does, a knot remains.❞
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1556–1627📍 Lahore, Pakistan
Rahim Das
رحیم داس
DoheWisdom Poetry
75Shayaris
9Categories
1333.5kTotal Likes
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📖 About the Poet
Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana, known as Rahim, was a commander, administrator, and poet in Mughal Emperor Akbar's court. He was one of the nine gems (Navaratnas) of Akbar's court. His dohe carry profound wisdom about life, relationships, and human nature.
📚 Famous Works
Rahim Doha ShatakaShringara ShatakaRahim Kavitavali
✨ Famous Couplet
"रहिमन धागा प्रेम का, मत तोड़ो चटकाय"— Rahim Das
✍️ Shayaris by Rahim Das(75)
📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Preserve your water, O Rahim, without it all is empty,
once water is lost none can be restored - pearl, man, or flour.❞
once water is lost none can be restored - pearl, man, or flour.❞
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🔗❝Keep the pain of your heart hidden in your heart, O Rahim.
Others will only laugh on hearing it; none will truly share it.❞
Others will only laugh on hearing it; none will truly share it.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says: never break the thread of love
Once broken it won't rejoin, and if it does, a knot remains❞
Once broken it won't rejoin, and if it does, a knot remains❞
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🔗❝Rahim, adversity too is good if it lasts but a few days
For then one learns who in this world is friend and who is not❞
For then one learns who in this world is friend and who is not❞
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🔗🌟Zindagi⭐ Featured
❝Rahim, keep your heart's pain hidden within your heart
All will laugh on hearing it, none will share your grief❞
All will laugh on hearing it, none will share your grief❞
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🔗❝The fate of a lamp, says Rahim, is the fate of an unworthy son too.
When small it gives light, but as it grows bigger, it brings only darkness.❞
When small it gives light, but as it grows bigger, it brings only darkness.❞
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🔗❝The two look just alike, Rahim says, as long as they stay silent.
Only in the season of spring is the crow known apart from the cuckoo.❞
Only in the season of spring is the crow known apart from the cuckoo.❞
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🔗❝The tree never eats its own fruit, the river never stores its water,
for the good of others alone do saints take their form.❞
for the good of others alone do saints take their form.❞
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🔗❝The great do not boast, nor speak grandiose words,
does a diamond ever declare, my worth is a hundred thousand.❞
does a diamond ever declare, my worth is a hundred thousand.❞
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🔗❝The days when I saw those blossoms, that spring season has passed.
Now only the bee lingers on the rose, on a leafless, thorny branch.❞
Now only the bee lingers on the rose, on a leafless, thorny branch.❞
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🔗❝Goodwill, bloodshed, cough, joy, enmity, love, and intoxication —
Rahim says, these cannot be hidden however hard one tries; the whole world comes to know.❞
Rahim says, these cannot be hidden however hard one tries; the whole world comes to know.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says with petty men, neither enmity nor love is good
Like a dog's bite or its lick, both bring only harm❞
Like a dog's bite or its lick, both bring only harm❞
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🔗❝Adversity too is good, O Rahim, if it lasts but a few days,
for then one learns who in this world is friend and who is foe.❞
for then one learns who in this world is friend and who is foe.❞
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🔗❝Even adversity is good, O Rahim, if it lasts only a few days —
for in this world, everyone's true friend and foe are revealed.❞
for in this world, everyone's true friend and foe are revealed.❞
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🔗❝Do not snap the thread of love, O Rahim.
Once broken it cannot join again, and if it does, a knot remains.❞
Once broken it cannot join again, and if it does, a knot remains.❞
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🔗❝Seeing the great, do not cast aside the small, O Rahim,
where a needle is needed, of what use is a sword.❞
where a needle is needed, of what use is a sword.❞
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🔗❝Love's end, O Rahim, takes a strange course indeed,
just as a wool blanket, the more it is soaked, the heavier it grows.❞
just as a wool blanket, the more it is soaked, the heavier it grows.❞
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🔗❝The thread of love — do not snap it with a jerk,
once it breaks it joins no more; if it joins, a knot is there.❞
once it breaks it joins no more; if it joins, a knot is there.❞
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🔗❝Life brought us, death shall lead us away
neither did we come by our own wish, nor shall we leave by it❞
neither did we come by our own wish, nor shall we leave by it❞
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🔗❝Rahim says hardship too is good, if it lasts only a while
for in that state, who is friend and who is not becomes plain to all❞
for in that state, who is friend and who is not becomes plain to all❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Rahim says, preserve water — without it all is empty,
Without water neither pearl, man, nor lime can survive.❞
Without water neither pearl, man, nor lime can survive.❞
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🔗🎭Ghazal⭐ Featured
❝Life brought us here, and death takes us away,
Neither did we come by our own will, nor leave by it.❞
Neither did we come by our own will, nor leave by it.❞
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🔗❝Forgiveness befits the great; mischief belongs to the small.
Says Rahim, did Hari lose anything when sage Bhrigu kicked him?❞
Says Rahim, did Hari lose anything when sage Bhrigu kicked him?❞
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🔗❝The great do not boast, the great do not speak tall words,
Rahim says — does a diamond ever say, my worth is a lakh rupees.❞
Rahim says — does a diamond ever say, my worth is a lakh rupees.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says — those men are dead who go about begging,
but those before them are dead in whose mouth no refusal comes.❞
but those before them are dead in whose mouth no refusal comes.❞
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🔗❝Focus on one and all are achieved, try to focus on all and all are lost,
Rahim says — water the root and the flowers and fruits will flourish.❞
Rahim says — water the root and the flowers and fruits will flourish.❞
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🔗❝Don't break the thread of love with a jerk;
Once broken it won't join — if joined, a knot remains.❞
Once broken it won't join — if joined, a knot remains.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says even hardship is good, if it lasts but a while,
For in this world it reveals who is true and who is false.❞
For in this world it reveals who is true and who is false.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says, in this world, meet everyone with warmth and haste
for none can tell in what form the Lord may come to pass❞
for none can tell in what form the Lord may come to pass❞
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🔗❝Rahim says, preserve honour — without it all is empty;
Without water, neither pearl, man, nor lime can survive.❞
Without water, neither pearl, man, nor lime can survive.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says: do not snap the thread of love —
once broken it will not rejoin, and if joined a knot remains.❞
once broken it will not rejoin, and if joined a knot remains.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, do not break the thread of love with a snap —
Once broken, it joins not; and if it joins, there is a knot.❞
Once broken, it joins not; and if it joins, there is a knot.❞
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🔗❝Adversity too is good if it lasts but a few days —
by it one comes to know in this world who is friend and who is foe.❞
by it one comes to know in this world who is friend and who is foe.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, a little adversity is itself good —
For in it, we come to know who is friend and who is foe.❞
For in it, we come to know who is friend and who is foe.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says — keep your heart's pain within yourself alone,
people will laugh at hearing it but none will share your load.❞
people will laugh at hearing it but none will share your load.❞
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🔗❝Blessed are those who help others with every limb,
Like henna — colour clings most to those who apply it.❞
Like henna — colour clings most to those who apply it.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says — bad company cannot affect one of noble nature,
Snakes coil around the sandalwood tree but its poison does not spread.❞
Snakes coil around the sandalwood tree but its poison does not spread.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says: do not snap the thread of love —
once broken it will not rejoin, and if joined, a knot remains.❞
once broken it will not rejoin, and if joined, a knot remains.❞
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🔗❝By mastering one thing all is mastered — by attempting all, all is lost —
Rahim says: water the root and the branches will bloom with fruit.❞
Rahim says: water the root and the branches will bloom with fruit.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, what can bad company do to one of noble nature,
Sandalwood is not poisoned though serpents cling to it.❞
Sandalwood is not poisoned though serpents cling to it.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Rahim says, do not snap the thread of love with a jerk,
Once broken it joins no more, or joins with a knot's murk.❞
Once broken it joins no more, or joins with a knot's murk.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says — when you look at the great, do not discard the small,
where the needle does its work, what can the sword do at all?❞
where the needle does its work, what can the sword do at all?❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, sit quiet and watch the turn of days,
When good days come, success will not delay.❞
When good days come, success will not delay.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, those humans are truly blessed who live to serve others —
even Kabir, the sages, and clouds praise such souls.❞
even Kabir, the sages, and clouds praise such souls.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says: keep water — without water all is empty —
without water none can survive: pearl, man, or lime.❞
without water none can survive: pearl, man, or lime.❞
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🔗❝Focus on the root and all is achieved; pursue all and all is lost —
O Rahim, water the root, and the flowers and fruits will flourish.❞
O Rahim, water the root, and the flowers and fruits will flourish.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, preserve water — without it all is barren,
Without water, neither pearl, nor man, nor flour can survive.❞
Without water, neither pearl, nor man, nor flour can survive.❞
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🔗❝If you want a bond that never fades nor gathers dust
Rahim says make a friend as steady as a stone wall❞
Rahim says make a friend as steady as a stone wall❞
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🔗❝Seeing the great, do not discard the small, says Rahim,
where a needle is needed, what use is a sword.❞
where a needle is needed, what use is a sword.❞
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🔗❝Trees bear fruit in their own season — what praise is there in that?
But one who bears fruit out of season, says Rahim, is truly by God's grace.❞
But one who bears fruit out of season, says Rahim, is truly by God's grace.❞
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🔗❝Rahim, dead already are those who go begging anywhere
But deader still are those whose words of asking never leave their lips❞
But deader still are those whose words of asking never leave their lips❞
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🔗❝Rahim says — preserve water, without water all is void,
without water pearl, man, and lime all are destroyed.❞
without water pearl, man, and lime all are destroyed.❞
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🔗❝Calling the great by humble names doesn't diminish them,
Calling God 'Girdhar' or 'Murlidhar' causes no offence.❞
Calling God 'Girdhar' or 'Murlidhar' causes no offence.❞
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🔗❝Says Rahim, how can a ber and a banana tree get along —
One sways for its own fruit while the other's limbs grow wrong.❞
One sways for its own fruit while the other's limbs grow wrong.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says those who beg are already as good as dead,
But those who say no to beggars died before instead.❞
But those who say no to beggars died before instead.❞
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🔗❝Rahim says: those who go about begging are as good as dead;
but more dead are those who have not a word of refusal.❞
but more dead are those who have not a word of refusal.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, preserve your honor (water), without honor all is barren,
Without water, pearl, man, and lime — all are worthless.❞
Without water, pearl, man, and lime — all are worthless.❞
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🔗❝Cut the bitter end of the cucumber and rub salt,
O Rahim, this is the punishment for bitter mouths.❞
O Rahim, this is the punishment for bitter mouths.❞
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🔗❝Focus on one and all is achieved; chase all and all is lost,
O Rahim, water the root, the branches will bloom.❞
O Rahim, water the root, the branches will bloom.❞
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🔗🤝Dosti⭐ Featured
❝A true friend is one who stays in times of pain,
Who holds your hand in joy and grief again.
Never let go of such a friend so dear,
This is life's most precious treasure clear.❞
Who holds your hand in joy and grief again.
Never let go of such a friend so dear,
This is life's most precious treasure clear.❞
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🔗❝A matter gone wrong cannot be set right however you try,
Says Rahim, churning curdled milk yields no butter, by and by.❞
Says Rahim, churning curdled milk yields no butter, by and by.❞
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🔗❝The great never boast, the great never brag,
O Rahim, does a diamond ever declare its price?❞
O Rahim, does a diamond ever declare its price?❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, break not the thread of love with a snap,
For once it breaks, it joins not without a gap.
Even when joined, a knot remains to tell,
Of the break that once occurred so well.❞
For once it breaks, it joins not without a gap.
Even when joined, a knot remains to tell,
Of the break that once occurred so well.❞
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🔗❝Focus on one and all will succeed; try for all and all will be lost,
O Rahim, water the root — it will flower and fruit at any cost.❞
O Rahim, water the root — it will flower and fruit at any cost.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, one who lamps around salt has no real understanding of worth,
Like fish in the water that lives yet dies thirsty on earth.❞
Like fish in the water that lives yet dies thirsty on earth.❞
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🔗❝Says Rahim, poor is the man who begs his friends for aid,
What is truly needed is one who gives love unstayed.❞
What is truly needed is one who gives love unstayed.❞
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🔗❝When desire goes, worry vanishes, the mind becomes carefree.
Those who desire nothing are kings among kings.❞
Those who desire nothing are kings among kings.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, what can bad company do to a noble nature?
Sandal is not poisoned by the serpent that coils around it.❞
Sandal is not poisoned by the serpent that coils around it.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, keep water — without water all is empty.
Without water the pearl, the man, and the wheat are all lost.❞
Without water the pearl, the man, and the wheat are all lost.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, those men are dead who go to beg for aid,
But those who refuse to give are deader still, I'm afraid.❞
But those who refuse to give are deader still, I'm afraid.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, calling the great one small does not diminish him,
Calling the Lord by humble names brings no dishonour.❞
Calling the Lord by humble names brings no dishonour.❞
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🔗❝Master one thing and all is mastered; grasp all and all is lost.
O Rahim, water the root — the tree flowers and fruits in full.❞
O Rahim, water the root — the tree flowers and fruits in full.❞
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🔗❝O Rahim, in prosperity many become relatives in many ways,
But those who stand the test of adversity — they are the true friends.❞
But those who stand the test of adversity — they are the true friends.❞
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🔗❝A small person doing great deeds earns no great fame,
As Hanuman is not called the mountain-lifter by name.❞
As Hanuman is not called the mountain-lifter by name.❞
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