Tire Jamal-e-haqiqat Ki Taab Hi Na Hui — Jigar Moradabadi
Meaning
I never had the strength to bear the brilliance of your true beauty; though I looked a thousand times, I could never endure its sight.
Explanation
Think of trying to gaze directly into the blazing sun—no matter how deeply you long to look, mortal eyes simply cannot bear that sheer intensity. The poet is speaking here of the Divine or ultimate Truth, whose beauty is so dazzling and absolute that human sight crumbles before it. Even though the seeker tries thousands of times out of pure yearning, some truths are meant to overwhelm us, reminding us of our fragile human limits in the face of the infinite.
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