Aai Ghazaal-e-chashm Sada Meri Daam Mein — Momin Khan Momin
Meaning
The gazelle-eyed beauties always fell into my snare; I remained the hunter, and only rarely was I ever captured myself.
Explanation
In this couplet, the poet plays with the roles of hunter and prey. He says that beautiful, deer-like eyes always came into his net, his trap. Yet he remained the hunter all along, and rarely was he the one actually caught. There's a gentle pride here. He paints himself as someone who captured hearts with ease, the one who set the snare rather than fell into it. But listen closely and you may sense a quiet loneliness too. Being forever the hunter means never truly surrendering, never being swept away by love himself. So the line celebrates his charm while hinting at what he missed by always staying in control, never letting himself be caught.
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