Nakami-e-nigah Hai Barq-e-nazara-soz — Mirza Ghalib
Meaning
The failure of the gaze to behold you is like lightning that burns sight itself; you are not someone whom anyone could turn into a mere spectacle.
Explanation
Ghalib speaks here of a beauty—or a Divine presence—so profound that ordinary human sight cannot fathom it. When our eyes fail to take in that splendor, that very failure strikes like lightning, burning away the illusion that we can simply 'look' at what is transcendent. You are not an ordinary spectacle to be passively observed; encountering your reality shatters the gaze and demands total awe.
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