Soorat-gar-e-Azal Ka Kya Haath Tha Kahe To — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
What power did the head of Surat-gar-e-Azal possess? If I were to speak, she drew the sword of the eyebrow with a pen of steel.
Explanation
This profound couplet speaks to the dangerous power inherent in natural beauty. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the beauty's 'hand' (her grace or gesture) was so potent that she could draw a sword (tegh) of her eyebrow (abroo) using only a pen (qalam). This imagery elevates the seemingly delicate feature—the eyebrow—to a weapon of steel. It implies that the power of a woman's look or grace is not merely aesthetic, but destructive and absolute!
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