Seeing your face, the life of all creation is drawn out in astonishment, and even the master painter Bihzad was left helpless, repeatedly holding his heart.
The poet pays the ultimate compliment to the beloved's beauty by invoking Bihzad, the legendary master of miniature painting. Your countenance is so mesmerizing that it draws the very breath out of everyone who beholds it, leaving even the greatest artist clutching his chest in sheer awe. It captures the essence of a divine perfection that utterly humbles human art, proving that some beauty is simply beyond the reach of a painter's brush.
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