O willful beloved, without you my heart is gripped by fear that your lover's life might completely come to an end.

The poet addresses his beloved as a 'willful idol'—someone alluring yet stubbornly absorbed in her own whims. He confesses a lingering dread that enduring life without her is impossible, leaning on a brilliant wordplay between the beloved being 'khud-kaam' (self-willed) and his own life coming to a 'kaam tamaam' (complete end). It captures that bittersweet anxiety of a lover who fears that sheer indifference might finally cost him his life.