O ascetic, you lost your senses upon seeing those intoxicating eyes; would they not have completely overthrown me as well, had I not already been a wine drinker?

Here, the poet playfully teases the pious ascetic (zahid), who always boasted of his rigid self-control, yet completely lost his wits at the mere glance of the beloved's intoxicating eyes. The speaker chuckles and admits that those bewitching eyes would have knocked him off his feet as well, had he not already built up a tolerance through a lifetime of drinking wine—a metaphor for living through the madness of passionate love. It is a charming reminder that untested piety instantly collapses before true beauty, while an experienced lover knows how to carry his intoxication.