Since I have been gifted an unrestrained and reckless heart, why should I care about anyone? I fear that even the preacher, frustrated with my ways, might tear his own collar in despair.
Here, the poet playfully celebrates having an untamed, reckless heart that simply refuses to bow to social decorum or unsolicited advice. Tearing one's collar is a classic Urdu metaphor for madness and utter loss of control, traditionally done by the frenzied lover. In a delightful twist of irony, the speaker suggests that his sheer stubbornness will drive the solemn moral preacher so completely mad with exasperation that the preacher will end up ripping his own clothes.
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