निगाह-ए-चश्म पुर-ख़श्म-ए-बुताँ पर मत नज़र रखना
मिला है ज़हर ऐ दिल इस शराब-ए-पुरतगाली में
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
The Shayar says not to fix your gaze upon the eye-brows of the desert, for the heart's poison is mixed in this wine of intoxicating charm.
Explanation
This profound couplet from Mir Taqi Mir suggests that while the beloved's gaze (like the beautiful valley of Butaan) is mesmerizing, the true danger lies not in looking at them, but in the intoxicating passion of love itself. The wine represents excessive indulgence—the sheer depth of emotion. Mir warns that the poison is not in the beauty, but in the act of consuming that overwhelming feeling!
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