ऐ 'ज़फ़र' चर्ख़ पे ख़ुर्शीद जो यूँ काँपे है जल्वा-गर आज कहीं यार लब-ए-बाम न हो
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning

O Zafar, the way the sun is trembling in the sky, could it be that today the beloved has appeared at the edge of the roof?

Explanation

Bahadur Shah Zafar crafts an exquisite and playful compliment here through romantic exaggeration. Gazing up at the shimmering, trembling sun in the heavens, he wonders if his beloved has just stepped out onto the rooftop edge. The thought is wonderfully charming—implying that the beloved's radiance is so blindingly beautiful that even the mighty sun shivers in pure awe and envy.

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