The one people call a heavenly nymph (houri) in human form is none other than you, and the one for whom my life departs—my beloved, that too is only you.
This couplet is an earnest, heartfelt confession where the lover completely surrenders to his beloved's charm. In the first line, he affectionately suggests that if heavenly beings like houris truly exist on earth in human form, it can be none other than her. The second line carries a tender wordplay on 'jaan'—she is not only the beloved he addresses as his darling, but also the very life for which he would gladly sacrifice his own.
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