❝The night was lost in sleeping, the day was lost in feed,
This priceless diamond of a life traded for a mere seed.❞
This priceless diamond of a life traded for a mere seed.❞
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🔗रात गंवाई सोय के, दिवस गंवाया खाय, — Kabir Das | Dard Shayari
About Kabir Das
Kabir Das was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement and Sikhism. He composed in simple Hindi-Braj Bhasha, making his wisdom accessible to all. His dohe (couplets) are timeless gems of wisdom.
Born: Varanasi, India · Era: 1440–1518 · Specialty: Dohe, Bhakti Poetry
📚 Famous Works
BijakKabir GranthavaliAdi Granth (Compositions)
About Dard Shayari
Sad shayari captures what's hard to say out loud. Ghalib's restlessness, Faiz's longing, Jaun Elia's ache — this collection holds some of the finest verses on sorrow and loneliness. Reach for these when words feel heavy, when you want to sit with a feeling rather than fix it, or to let a friend know their pain is understood.
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📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝I went out searching for the wicked one,
But no one wicked did I find to shun.
When I searched deep within my heart instead,
I found none worse than me, as the light spread.❞
But no one wicked did I find to shun.
When I searched deep within my heart instead,
I found none worse than me, as the light spread.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝Do tomorrow's work today, today's work now,
For the moment may end — then when and how?
Delay not what must be done, for time won't wait,
The moment fleets away — act before it's late.❞
For the moment may end — then when and how?
Delay not what must be done, for time won't wait,
The moment fleets away — act before it's late.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝The clay said to the potter, "Why do you tread on me?
One day shall come, and I shall tread on thee."❞
One day shall come, and I shall tread on thee."❞
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🔗❝Speak such words, losing your ego's pride,
That cool the others' hearts alongside,
And in the speaking cool your own heart too —
Let gentle speech be all that flows from you.❞
That cool the others' hearts alongside,
And in the speaking cool your own heart too —
Let gentle speech be all that flows from you.❞
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🔗❝One who sows thorns for you — sow flowers for them instead,
Yours is the flower, while theirs is a trident's dread.❞
Yours is the flower, while theirs is a trident's dread.❞
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🔗📜Dohe⭐ Featured
❝The world died reading books, yet no one became wise,
Whoever reads the two-and-half letters of Love, the scholar prize.❞
Whoever reads the two-and-half letters of Love, the scholar prize.❞
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❝Thousands of longings, each so fierce it could take my breath away,
many of my wishes did come true, yet still they weren't enough.❞
many of my wishes did come true, yet still they weren't enough.❞
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🔗❝They too had pain, yet they left
I too have pain, but where can I go❞
I too have pain, but where can I go❞
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🔗❝They wrote in a letter
forget me
but I read that same letter every day❞
forget me
but I read that same letter every day❞
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❝Do not ask of me that same first love, my love,
I had once believed that with you, life itself would shine.❞
I had once believed that with you, life itself would shine.❞
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🔗❝So what if there are tears in my eyes
The feelings of the heart do not come to the tongue❞
The feelings of the heart do not come to the tongue❞
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🔗❝Whenever I look at the empty sky
I see your face there❞
I see your face there❞
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🔗❝I keep hiding the pain deep in my heart
Smiling on the outside, I am dying within❞
Smiling on the outside, I am dying within❞
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🔗❝Whatever I burned in the loneliness of night
In the morning I found their image in the ashes❞
In the morning I found their image in the ashes❞
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