I care for this scar on my heart with my very eyes only because, in the end, this heart's wound will become a shield against the bow of her eyebrows.
The poet speaks of tenderly nursing the wound of love with his own tears, caring for it like a treasured companion. In classical ghazal imagery, the beloved's curved eyebrow is compared to a sword or a drawn bow that relentlessly strikes the lover's heart. Poetically, the lover hopes that this very scar, born of past heartbreak, will ultimately harden into a protective shield against her devastating glances.
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