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> Reading this feels like a great metaphor

One of the more famous Urdu poem ends:

  nahīñ hai nā-umīd 'iqbāl' apnī kisht-e-vīrāñ se
  zarā nam ho to ye miTTī bahut zarḳhez hai saaqi

  Do not despair over barren fields.
  The soil is so fertile; a little rain is enough.

(The entire Urdu poem which probably is comparable to Emily Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers" is pretty good).

https://www.rekhta.org/couplets/nahiin-hai-naa-umiid-iqbaal-...