किसे ये ताब जो उस की तजल्ली में रहे ठहरा रुमूज़-ए-तौर लाती है सजन तेरी कमर मू सी
— Shakir Naji
Meaning

Who possesses the strength to remain steadfast before that divine radiance? Beloved, your waist, as slender as a hair, evokes the mysteries of Mount Sinai.

Explanation

The poet is utterly dazzled by the beloved's radiance, comparing it to the overwhelming divine light that once appeared on Mount Sinai. In classical poetry, the beloved's waist is praised for being impossibly slender—thin as a hair, or 'moo-si'. But the poet weaves a brilliant and playful pun here: 'moo-si' also echoes the name of Moses ('Musa'), the prophet who witnessed that blinding glory on Mount Toor. Just as no mortal could withstand that sacred flash, the lover finds himself powerless and entranced before such delicate beauty.

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