हरचन्द कि हर शय में तू है ,, ( Harchand ki har shay me tu hai )

                 "हरचन्द  कि हर शय में तू है

पर तुझ-सी तो कोई शय नहीं है।

हाँ, खाइयो मत फरेबे-हस्ती
हरचन्द कहें कि है, नहीं है।"

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(-मिर्ज़ा ग़ालिब)

शब्दार्थ : (1) हरचन्द = यद्यपि,  although (2) शय = चीज,  (3) फरेबे-हस्ती = हस्ती का फरेब, illusion of existence

Ghalib says though his beloved exists in every thing since he sees her picture in everything but notwithstanding this no article/ thing is like her. In next ‘sher’ he cautions people not to be caught in the net of false feeling of self-existence. Ghalib says howsoever he might cherish the idea that he is existing in the world of his beloved, the reality is painfully the adverse. 

The gist of the sher is that though anyone may extract satisfaction from any article/ person but nothing in itself represents satisfaction. Also, it is silly to think about oneself that one possesses  importance for others. You are liked by other only to the point you are useful for them. It’s your usefulness and not you which matters for others. You yourself exist nowhere. 

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