Kya Rouun Kheera-chashmi-e-bakht-e-siyah Ko — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
How can I lament the shameless blindness of my dark fate, when there the very pastime of applying kohl has turned into these blue bruises.
Explanation
The poet shrugs at his dark, unlucky fate. Why even weep over it, he asks, when his luck is so blind and cold? There's a bitter irony here. Applying surma, the black kohl around the eyes, is usually a sign of adornment and beauty. But for him, that blackness has turned into bruises, as if his dark fortune left marks instead of beauty. What should decorate him only wounds him. It's a sigh of helplessness, saying that even the things meant to make life lovely end up hurting someone whose stars are against him.
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