છો દમ બ દમ ખંજર રમે તારૂં દિલે, કાફર તણું કાતિલ ખેંચી લે, સનમ!
— Kalapi
Meaning

Even though your dagger continuously plays in my heart, O beloved, please withdraw the killer from this infidel.

Explanation

This couplet expresses the intense pain of a lover. The poet says, "Even if your dagger keeps playfully wounding my heart every moment, oh beloved, please pull away this fatal cruelty that's like an infidel's killer blow." It's a poignant plea where the lover accepts the constant agony inflicted by the beloved but also yearns for an end to the torment or for the beloved to abandon their heartless ways. The beloved's indifference or beauty is personified as a dagger, constantly pricking the lover's heart. It's a deep expression of enduring love amidst pain.

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