O healer, why should I protect my garment from the hands of frenzy? Are collars such as mine ever pure like the sacred hem of Mary?

The poet gently chides his well-wishing healer, questioning why he is so eager to protect his clothes from the tearing grip of mad passion. In classic Urdu poetry, tearing one's collar is the hallmark of ecstatic surrender in love, while the hem of Mary (Daman-e-Maryam) symbolizes untainted purity and saintliness. With poignant irony, the lover asks why anyone should treat an ordinary, flawed heart's garment like a sacred relic, welcoming the reckless ruin that devotion brings.