Di Shahaadat Nasha Ki Surkhi Se Chashm-e-yaar Ne — Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
Meaning
The beloved's eye, with the redness of its intoxicated gaze, gave testimony; my blood could no longer remain hidden and became openly revealed.
Explanation
Here the poet says that the redness in the beloved's eyes gave witness to something. That intoxicated flush, that telltale color, became like evidence in a trial. And what did it prove? It revealed the poet's own blood. In other words, the color in the beloved's eyes exposed the truth that the lover had been wounded, that his heart had bled for love. What he tried so hard to keep hidden could no longer stay a secret. It came out into the open, plain for all to see. The beauty of this couplet lies in how a simple blush betrays the deepest, most carefully guarded feeling of the heart.
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