Jalaya Aur Mara Husn Ki Nairang-sazi Ne — Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish
Meaning
Beauty's ever-changing craft both burned me and killed me; at times I found it as the lightning of wrath, at other times as the cloud of kindness.
Explanation
This couplet speaks about the ever-changing play of beauty, and how it both burns and slays the lover. Beauty never stays in one mood. Sometimes the poet finds it like a flash of lightning, full of wrath and anger, ready to destroy. And at other times, it appears like a cloud of kindness, gentle and full of mercy, showering grace. The lover is caught between these two faces. One moment beauty wounds him with its fury, and the next it soothes him with its tenderness. This constant shifting is what makes love so painful and so wondrous. The poet marvels at how the same beauty can be both cruel and kind, keeping the heart forever restless.
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