The dealing of consciousness and awareness is strange; / in the place of passion, all hearts and gazes are rivals.
This couplet by Allama Iqbal speaks to the strange dynamics of human emotions. The poet says that the relationship between consciousness (shauur), senses (hosh), and intellect (khird) is truly peculiar. When one is consumed by passion (shauq), all the rivals—be it the heart or the gaze—become mere companions to that passion. It suggests that passion has a power that overrides rational thought and emotional control.
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