Her beauty is far superior to and overpowers the candle, while the candle's radiant light is merely an empty verbal boast.

The poet weaves a delightful play on words here: traditional candles were made of tallow ('charbi'), and the flickering flame is classically pictured as a candle's tongue ('zabaan'). He declares that the beloved's radiant beauty outshines ('charb') the flame, rendering the candle's brilliance nothing more than empty verbal boast. In a charmingly teasing tone, the candle is shown as utterly humbled, its light reduced to mere lip service before the beloved's effortless glow.