जो शम्अ-रू के दो लब हैं शीरीं तो सब्ज़ा-ए-ख़त बजा है उस पर ज़मीन पकड़ी है तूतियों ने सुनीं जो मीठी पिया की बतियाँ
— Shakir Naji
Meaning

If the candle-faced beloved's lips are sweet, it is completely fitting that green down has grown around them; hearing the beloved's sweet speech, it is as if parrots have gathered on this ground.

Explanation

In classical Urdu poetry, the faint green down of youth appearing around the beloved's lips is poetically called 'sabza' (greenery). The poet playfully explains this bloom by imagining that the beloved's lips are so sweet and their speech so delightful that green parrots—legendary lovers of sweets—have flocked down and made a home there. It is a wonderfully inventive and charming compliment to the beloved's youthful grace and sweet voice.

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