बारे दुनिया
में रहो गम-ज़दा या शाद रहो
ऐसा
कुछ कर के चलो यहाँ कि बहुत याद रहो
Remain
entangled with the world, be grief-stricken or be replenished with mirthfullness,
But
do something before departing, that you are remembered for long.
(Certainly
the English language appears scant to convey the delectation provided by Meer
Taqi Mir in Rekhtaa)
There will be a time when your footsteps will no
longer mark places on the earth, when your voice will be long forgotten and
even your cherished ones will find it difficult to conjure up the winsome smile
of your countenance; there will be a time when your words will be lost, when
your commitments and promises won’t matter and when your belongings would have
perished; there will be a time when the heroic tale of your toil would have
receded into darkness and this world would carry nothing of yours save your
deeds.
This world is a fugitive cage. So many have walked by,
some became legends while some left no legacy, but one thing that’s common to
all of them is that all those who have moored their sail onto the littoral of
the world had to sink near the same coast.
Have a dekko at Percy Bysshe Shelly’s Ozymandias
and the evanescent nature of this ephemeral world would stand naked in front of
your eyes. For sure, your visage, your beauty, your pride and almost everything
appurtenant to you will be lost in the dust of time but your deeds will carry
on, your greatness (if it pervades not in your statues or words, but in your
deeds) will persist even during the tempest storms, your message will be
communicated till ages, and your story will be registered into the annals of
history.
Immortality lies not in seclusion, pain or happiness but
in actions that can allocate the coming generation a better place to live; that
can ameliorate the lives of those who have never seen you; that can provide
help to those who can’t help themselves. Being immortal is nothing but leaving
a legacy, and legacy comprises of your actions. The world won’t care how much
onerous your life was; how must beset you remained with sorrow and how much
pain was rife in your life, it will do a very disinterest assay of your life
based on how you fared on the world stage. The world will look whether you have
ever pasted a smile on face you will never see; whether you have ever assisted
those who could never reciprocate the favor; and whether you left the world as
a different place from the one you were given.
The legacy you leave depends totally on you. Choose it
wisely because the world is a tough judge.
JAI MA BHARTI
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