If you require the red color of henna, then step upon my blood-shedding eyes.
The poet offers an intensely passionate image of romantic surrender, presenting his own weeping eyes as a footstool for the beloved. In classical Urdu poetry, weeping tears of blood is the ultimate symbol of heartache. Here, the lover tells the beloved that if they desire the rich crimson hue of henna for their feet, they need only step onto his bleeding eyes, beautifully transforming his agony into an ornament of grace for the one he adores.
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