Lagi Khadang Jab Is Ghamza Ka Sa — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
When the arrow of the beloved's coquettish glance struck, the sky's state became just like that of my wounded heart.
Explanation
Here the poet compares the beloved's playful sidelong glance to an arrow. When such an arrow strikes, it pierces deeply and wounds the heart. The poet then wonders: if the sky itself were hit by that same glance, wouldn't it end up in the same wounded state as my heart? In other words, the beloved's teasing look is so powerful that even the vast heavens could not bear it any better than a human heart. It is a gentle, almost humorous way of praising how deeply that single glance can wound anyone it touches, leaving even the sky as helpless and broken as the lover.
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