O messenger, do not make excuses to avoid going; are you too becoming so naive?
Here, the lover gently chides his messenger, who is making excuses instead of carrying the message to the beloved. Perhaps the messenger is intimidated by the beloved's haughty temper or cold indifference, but the lover calls him 'naive' for letting ordinary reason hold him back. It captures the desperate impatience of love, reminding us that in the realm of passion, hesitation is foolish and the beloved's doorstep must be braved at all costs.
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