St Kabeer's Couplets 12: He That Wants Nothing Has Everything Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

St Kabeer's Couplets 12: He That Wants Nothing Has Everything

Rating: 5.0


Me-mine no more, worries off shore,
Mind care-free, a bird unbound;
He that wants nothing ever more,
An emperor he's uncrowned.
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Given here under is the original couplet in Hindi script, and its transliteration in English Roman.

चाह मिटी, चिंता मिटी, मनवा बेपरवाह,
जिसको कुछ नहीं चाहिए वह शहनशाह।

Transliteration:
chah miţī chintā miţī, manavā beparavāh;
jisako kućh nahīn chāhiye, vah shahanashāh.

He is the richest man in the world that wants nothing whatso here. He that has nothing and wants nothing has worries the least.

Topic: greed, wants, wishes, worries

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: desire,greed,worries
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahtab Bangalee 22 January 2020

the mind is free flying bird me and myself is one; no third!

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Aniruddha Pathak 23 January 2020

Yes, me and mine has no third, well said.

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Kostas Lagos 21 January 2020

Ten! Ten! Ten! Ten! Ten!

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Aniruddha Pathak 21 January 2020

As laconic, as bikinic as are your poems, thanks

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Dr Dillip K Swain 21 January 2020

जिसको कुछ नहीं चाहिए वह शहनशाह। He is really the emperor, the richest man in this earth....so true sir! A work of great value and substance.......10++

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Aniruddha Pathak 21 January 2020

Grateful for the feedback

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Godhra - Gujarat
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