The beloved's playful glance and the lover's eager gaze filter through the veil and meet, because she is sitting close behind the screen and I am sitting right next to it outside.
This couplet paints a charming, stolen moment of romance where a delicate reed screen (chilman) becomes an accomplice to love. The beloved sits teasingly just behind the curtain while the lover waits eagerly right outside, allowing their playful and longing gazes to filter through and meet. Rather than keeping them apart, the veil only heightens the thrill, turning mere eye contact into a tender, unspoken conversation.
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