Woh Kaf-e-pa Pahne Silaai Ho Naazuk Narm Narm — Nazeer Akbarabadi
Meaning
Those soles that once wore soft, delicate stitching—O velvet, what softness do you flaunt before us?
Explanation
The poet speaks to velvet, the softest fabric one can imagine. He says, why do you show off your softness to us, O velvet? There is something far softer that you cannot match. His beloved's feet are so delicate and tender that even you, velvet, might wish to become the embroidered sole of her shoe, just to touch them. Compared to that gentle softness, your pride means nothing. It is a tender, playful boast about the beloved's delicacy, where the finest thing in the world is humbled before her beauty.
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