जो चाहो सैर-ए-दरिया वक़्फ़ है मुझ चश्म की कश्ती हर एक मू-ए-पलक मेरा है गोया घाट ख़ैराती
— Shakir Naji
Meaning

If you wish to take a ride upon the river, the boat of my eye is fully at your service, and every hair of my eyelashes is like a free charitable landing wharf.

Explanation

Here, the poet paints a wonderfully vivid picture of boundless devotion using the imagery of water and sailing. He invites the beloved to take a river cruise, offering his tearful eye as the boat and his flowing tears as the endless river. Every single eyelash is imagined as a charitable riverbank or pier, open freely to the beloved—a tender way of saying that even his deepest sorrow is dedicated entirely to their pleasure.

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