तूबा-ए-बहिश्ती है तुम्हारा क़द-ए-रा'ना हम क्यूँकर कहें सर्व-ए-इरम कह नहीं सकते
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning

Your graceful and lovely stature is like the heavenly tree Tuba of paradise; how could we ever call it merely the cypress of Iram? We simply cannot say so.

Explanation

The poet is completely enchanted by the graceful, tall stature of the beloved, comparing it to the sacred Tuba tree that blooms in Paradise itself. While classical tradition often likens an elegant posture to the legendary cypress of the earthly garden of Iram, the speaker gently rejects that comparison as far too modest. To the lover's eye, the beloved's beauty transcends anything this world can offer and belongs purely to the divine realm.

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