O Zafar, that beloved is famous throughout the world for remaining an aloof stranger to everyone, yet God alone knows how they became acquainted and intimate with you.
Bahadur Shah Zafar shares a delightful moment of wonder and quiet pride in this couplet. The beloved is notorious across the world for being completely aloof, cold, and unapproachable to everyone. Yet, by some miraculous stroke of divine grace, that very stranger softened and chose closeness with the poet. It beautifully captures that sweet, bewildering magic of love that defies all logic and odds.
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