तुमने जलाया था
कि राख हो जाऊं
मैं कुंदन निकला
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You lit the fire
to turn me to ashes
I realised
I was gold dust.
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Gold dust and blobs look like ordinary earth/blobs before they are refined, then torched, and emerge as pure gold. This 24-carat thin gold is called Kundan in Hindi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg1X6SKfTQo
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X8zRP7w_2n0
What a superb poem! GOLD DUST!
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