Baithaa Jo Chaandni Mein To Rukh Ki Jhalak Dikhaa — Nazeer Akbarabadi
Meaning
When you sat in the moonlight and revealed a glimpse of your face, what humiliation was there that you did not inflict upon the face of the moon?
Explanation
When the beloved sits out in the moonlight, the poet asks them to reveal their face. He says there was no kind of shame or embarrassment that the beloved's face did not bring upon the face of the moon. In other words, the beloved's beauty is so bright that even the moon feels put to shame when compared to it. The moon, usually the symbol of perfect beauty, is left humbled. So the poet teases the beloved to show that radiant face, knowing it will outshine the moon itself. It's a lovely, playful way of praising someone's beauty as greater than the brightest light in the night sky.
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