The one who is obsessed with the beloved's musk-scented locks suffers perplexity and distress through every single strand of hair.
In Urdu poetry, 'pareshani' cleverly carries a double meaning—it denotes both emotional distress and tangled, scattered hair. The poet plays on this beautifully, saying that whoever falls madly in love with the beloved's dark, musk-scented locks ends up feeling unraveled down to every single strand of their being. When you lose your heart to something so untamed and intricate, your entire existence gets tangled up in that sweet madness.
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