Tell me, from what color does this sparkle on my eyelid gleam; is my tear merely a fragment of my dearest heart's essence?

Mir Taqi Mir captures the intense mystery of love and sorrow here. The poet asks, 'With what color do these eyes sparkle, tell me?' The answer is profoundly emotional: the tears themselves are not just water, but a fragment (tukda) of the heart's deepest, most sacred essence (aqeeq-e-zigri). It speaks to the idea that true tears carry the weight and purity of the soul itself.