I said that he is just a step away, so go and show him your face; turning her face away, she replied why should anyone take on such a headache.
This couplet captures the quintessential, playful disdain of the beloved in classical Urdu poetry. The speaker urges the beloved to take just a single step and grant the yearning lover a fleeting glimpse of comfort. Yet, with a dismissive turn of the head, the beloved brushes it off as an unnecessary 'headache,' emphasizing how mere physical closeness means nothing against the vast gulf of her romantic indifference.
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