Do not let it be believed that the gem-like beauty of his eyes is merely a star in the pupil of the moon and the sky.
This profound couplet captures the overwhelming nature of true adoration. The poet describes the beloved's gaze (गौहर-ए-गोश) as something so captivating that even if it were confined, it wouldn't suffice. He compares the beloved's eyes to stars in the cosmos—the 'moon and curtain' (मह-ओ-ख़ुर) of the heavens. It is a declaration that the beauty is not just earthly, but celestial, a mesmerizing, infinite light.
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