The fragility of love:
“Human relationships are too frail, those who build their world around it , those who consider their lovelife as the center of their life, were among those deeply hurt by it.
Even the most beautiful and most affluent people are not exempted from the heartaches brought by an earthly romance.”
– ‘The World’s Wealthiest Losers’ by Margaret Nicholas
Rahim – The couplet transliterated:
‘Rahiman’ paida prem ko, nipat silsila gail |
Bilchhat paanv pipeeliko, log ladaavat bail ||
Translation:
The path of love if slippery and troubles even the cautious, all the learning from history has not made it any easier. Even the tiny ant slips here.
Yet we proudly fight and race big bulls, in our pride forgetting how vulnerable we are when faced with love.
Kabir – the couplet transliterated:
Teen sanehi bahu milai, chautha mila na koi |
Sabahu piyare ram ke, baithe parbas hoi ||
Translation:
Many long for honor, wealth and lust, none for salvation |
Those who do, they remain lost in His love and devotion ||
My understanding:
Love is a tender thread that twines human lives into the most wondrous of quilts, the story there is one that will survive all ages. Even if history forgot a war amidst the pages, it did not lose a single love story.
When love lives so close to us, why do we nurture hatred? Love – the self, life, and all around you. When we do this , all of a sudden, life becomes worth living and even death is not a danger or tragedy, but just another step in a journey.
So love, live, and nurture this world – for it is all we have!