Sometimes she called me infatuated and sometimes crazy in love; in short, every single day I received a new title from her.
In this charming couplet, the poet playfully captures the teasing affection of his beloved, who invents a new label for his passionate devotion every single day. One day he is called spellbound and infatuated, and the next, utterly crazed in love. There is also a clever wordplay here, as 'Shefta' (infatuated) is the poet Nawab Mustafa Khan's own pen name, turned gracefully into an endearing title of love.
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