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kasa-e-chashm le ke juun nargis ham ne didar ki gadai ki meer taqi meer pictures the lover’s eyes as an empty bowl, and the narcissus (with its cup-like center) becomes a metaphor for pleading vision. the desire is so intense that seeing the beloved is treated as alms—something granted, not claimed. the couplet carries humility and desperation: the lover has nothing to offer except yearning itself, held out through the eyes.

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