The beloved's eye is a fierce warrior and the lock of hair is a hunter; let us see which of the two preys upon the heart.
In Urdu poetry, the beloved's charms are often playfully imagined as conquerors, and here the poet sets up a lovely contest between two of them. The beloved's piercing glance strikes like a fierce archer's arrow, while the dark, curling locks wait like a patient hunter with a snare. Caught in sweet surrender, the lover wonderingly watches to see which of these irresistible weapons will capture his heart first.
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