The fingernails found no respite from scratching the liver or tearing open the chest. Weary of the turmoil of madness, the collar itself strangled the throat.

In classical poetry, the frenzied lover ceaselessly tears his collar and claws at his chest in grief. Here, the poet paints this madness with astonishing personification: the nails were so tirelessly busy shredding the heart that the collar grew sick of the perpetual violence. Exhausted by the storm of passion, the collar itself tightens around the lover's neck and strangles him, putting an end to the unending torment once and for all.