दिल चला है इश्क़ का हो जौहरी
लब तिरे ला'ल-ए-बदख़्शाँ बूझ कर
— Wali Dakhani
Meaning
My heart has set out to become a jeweler of love, considering your lips to be the rubies of Badakhshan.
Explanation
Here, the poet imagines his heart as an impassioned jeweler with an eye for unmatched beauty. Badakhshan was historically renowned for producing the world's most flawless rubies, and the lover sees those very legendary gems in the radiant curve of the beloved's lips. It is a playful and tender depiction of desire, where the heart sets off on a quest to admire and claim love's rarest treasure.
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