O wound from the sword of love, if you are not present in Paradise, we will exchange eternal life to keep you.
In this couplet, the poet places the sacred pain of love far above the promise of heaven and immortality. Addressing the very wound inflicted by love's sword, he declares that if paradise lacks this sweet ache, he would gladly trade away eternal life just to keep it. In the ghazal tradition, heartbreak is not a misfortune to be cured, but a badge of devotion so precious that even the comforts of paradise pale in comparison.
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