❝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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🔗जो रहीम दीपक धरे, नामक क़दर न होय, — Rahim Das | Zindagi Shayari
About Rahim Das
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.
Born: Lahore, Pakistan · Era: 1556–1627 · Specialty: Dohe, Wisdom Poetry
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Life shayari reflects on experience itself — the ups and downs, the waiting, the small wisdoms that only come with time. Written in a more philosophical register, these verses suit readers who like to pause and reflect rather than simply move through the day.
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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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🔗❝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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🔗❝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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🔗❝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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❝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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❝I kept walking on, keeping life's company,
blowing every worry away into smoke.❞
blowing every worry away into smoke.❞
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🔗❝One who truly lives every moment,
What has such a person to fear from death?❞
What has such a person to fear from death?❞
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🔗❝Laugh off your sorrows, this is life's way,
The morning sun rises and the evening night follows.❞
The morning sun rises and the evening night follows.❞
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🔗❝The moments that have passed in life are memories,
The ones yet to come are dreams.❞
The ones yet to come are dreams.❞
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❝There are other sorrows in the world besides love,
there are other comforts besides the comfort of union.❞
there are other comforts besides the comfort of union.❞
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🔗❝The moment that has passed does not return,
The coming moment cannot be trusted,
So what is now, live it fully.❞
The coming moment cannot be trusted,
So what is now, live it fully.❞
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🔗❝Joys multiply when shared,
Sorrows diminish when shared.❞
Sorrows diminish when shared.❞
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🔗❝Life passes in two moments,
In one moment we laugh, in another we weep.❞
In one moment we laugh, in another we weep.❞
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