Dekh Kar Dekhnaa Hai Zauq Ki Vo Parda-nashiin — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
O Zauq, what delight it is to keep gazing upon that veiled one, for she is seen through the eye that is the lattice-window of the heart.
Explanation
Zauq says something tender here. The beloved is pardah-nasheen, hidden behind a veil, never openly visible to the eyes. And yet, he says, look carefully, really look. That veiled one can still be seen, not through ordinary eyes, but through the small window of the heart. The heart has its own eye, and that inner vision catches what the outer eyes cannot reach. So love teaches us a different way of seeing. When the face is hidden from the world, the devoted heart still beholds the beloved clearly. True seeing, Zauq reminds us, happens within. The one who is concealed from everyone else remains perfectly visible to the one who looks with love.
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