अपनी चश्म-ए-मस्त की गर्दिश न ऐ साक़ी दिखा देख चक्कर में अभी जाम-ए-शराब आ जाएगा
— Bahadur Shah Zafar
Meaning

O Saqi, do not roll your intoxicated eyes around; look, even the cup of wine will soon start spinning.

Explanation

The poet playfully pleads with the Saqi, the cupbearer, not to roll those intoxicating, heavy-lidded eyes. In a lovely stroke of poetic exaggeration, the Saqi's gaze holds such an overpowering spell that even the wine cup—whose very purpose is to intoxicate—will grow dizzy and lose its balance. It is a charming tribute to a beauty so captivating that it outshines the strongest wine.

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