I said that the tears from my eyes simply do not stop, to which the beloved replied, what if someone were to rub those eyes against the soles of their feet?
This couplet presents a sharp, playful dialogue between a desperate lover and an indifferent beloved. When the poet laments that his weeping simply will not cease, the beloved proposes a remedy that is as cruel as it is intimately thrilling: what if those tearful eyes are crushed beneath her soles? In the ghazal tradition, rubbing one's eyes against the beloved's feet signifies the ultimate act of surrender, turning painful punishment into the lover's highest honor.
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