O Wali, seeing the flower-bodied beloved in the garden, my hundred-torn heart blossomed with joy.
Vali captures the intoxicating power of love through a beautiful play on the garden metaphor. He tells us that just a single glimpse of his rose-limbed beloved strolling among the flowers was enough to heal his hundred-torn, aching heart and make it bloom with joy. In Urdu, 'baagh-baagh hona' means to be overjoyed, and Vali masterfully mirrors the lover's flowering happiness with the natural bloom of the garden itself.
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