इश्क़ आशिक़ हुआ इसी कूँ देख दिल-ए-नादाँ ब-रंग-ए-ऊद हुआ
— Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq
Meaning

Upon seeing that, love itself became an impassioned lover, and the foolish heart began to burn like fragrant agarwood.

Explanation

Imagine a beloved so radiant that even Love itself, usually the hunter, surrenders and becomes the captive lover. In the presence of such beauty, the poet's innocent heart begins to burn like agarwood (ood), which yields its rarest, sweetest perfume only when touched by fire. It tells us that true passion does not merely bring suffering; it purifies the soul, transforming pain into an intoxicating fragrance of pure devotion.

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