How can the messenger's words bring any comfort? That which truly belongs to your own tongue can never remain hidden.
The poet captures the quiet ache of relying on a messenger to convey the feelings of the beloved. Even if the courier tries to soften the blow or polish the words, the lover knows the beloved's unmistakable tone and true intent far too intimately to be misled. Authentic emotion carries its own imprint, and no intermediary can ever truly conceal—or substitute for—the direct truth of the lover's own voice.
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