O counselor, this affair of the heart is not a mere joke; it only seems so because your own heart has not yet suffered the blow of love.
The poet weaves a brilliant play on the word 'dillagi'—which means both lighthearted jest and a genuine attachment or striking of the heart. Speaking to the moralizing preacher who dismisses love as mere frivolity, the lover gently explains that it only seems trivial to those who have remained untouched by its fire. You can only dispense cold advice as long as your own heart has never felt the sweet, unbearable ache of falling in love.
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