Experience has made it evident to me that coquetry is truly the meaning of indifference.

The poet shares a bittersweet lesson learned through the trials of love. Often, a lover mistakes the beloved’s proud coquetry or aloofness (naaz) for playful affection, but hard experience reveals it is nothing more than cold, detached indifference (be-niyazi). It captures that quiet, heartbreaking moment when you realize someone's charming pride was never an invitation—they simply never cared.