Look kindly upon your self, for you are the cream of the world
You are the human who is the pupil of the eye of all beings
Sheikh Galib, Dîvân, connecting couplet of the "Ey dil ey dil" *musammat* (stanzaic poem) (18th century).
Look kindly upon yourself, says Galib.
You are the essence of the world.
You are the pupil of the eye of being.
A person knows himself through others' eyes.
Praised, he grows;
unpraised, he shrinks.
Yet looking kindly is not standing before a mirror.
It is looking at yourself as a trust.
A trust is not carried to boast.
It is carried with care.
So it does not fall, so it does not break.