Na Surkhi Ghuncha-e-gul Mein Tire Dahan Ki Si — Nazeer Akbarabadi
Meaning
Neither does the flower's bud possess the redness of your mouth, nor does the jasmine have the clarity and purity of your body.
Explanation
In this couplet, the poet compares his beloved to the most beautiful things in nature, only to say that nature falls short. He looks at a rosebud, with its delicate red color, and thinks that even its redness cannot match the rosy warmth of the beloved's lips. Then he turns to the jasmine flower, admired for its pure, spotless whiteness, and feels that even it lacks the flawless clarity and softness of the beloved's body. In short, no flower in the garden can rival the beauty he sees in his beloved. It is a graceful way of praising someone, placing them above everything that is usually called lovely.
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