O you who set this enamoured heart on fire, this application of red lac by you has finally shown its true colour and effect.
The poet speaks to the beloved who sparked a fire inside an already enamoured heart, using the striking image of 'laakha'—a deep scarlet lac that melts and intensifies under heat. Just as lac reveals its richest, blood-red tint when touched by flame, the beloved's trial of passion and pain has finally 'shown its true colours.' It is a tender yet devastating confession that this intense love has completely consumed and defined the poet's world.
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