Although curing the pain of my heart is extremely difficult, if you wish it, O envy of the Messiah, it becomes very easy.
The poet confesses that the ache of a longing heart is an affliction no worldly remedy can cure. Yet, he calls his beloved 'rashk-e-masiha'—someone whose healing grace is so miraculous that even the Messiah would envy it. The core emotion is exquisitely tender: a suffering that seems entirely hopeless to the rest of the world can vanish effortlessly, if only the beloved wills it with a single loving glance.
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