ख़ुर्शीद सुब्ह निकले है इस नूर से कि तो शबनम गिरह में रखती है ये चश्म-ए-तर कि हम
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning

Oh sunshine, you have risen with such radiance that this tearful eye holds it like morning dew.

Explanation

This couplet is a masterpiece of delicate imagery. Mir Taqi Mir describes the morning sun's light (Khurshid-e-Subh) as being so profoundly beautiful that it manages to capture the poet's tears (Ashm-e-Tar) within a dewdrop (Shabnam Girah). It's a stunning metaphor, suggesting that even deep sorrow, when viewed through the lens of overwhelming beauty, becomes something ethereal and precious. The light doesn't just illuminate; it preserves the emotion itself.

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