They go around telling everyone that Daagh turned out to be unfaithful, but someone should ask them whose devoted slave he actually was.
Daagh responds to the beloved's accusations with sharp wit and wounded pride. The beloved goes around complaining to everyone that the poet proved disloyal, playing the aggrieved party. But Daagh cleverly turns the tables, asking if anyone bothered to notice that he had surrendered his entire life as their humble slave—making the accusation of infidelity both unjust and ironic.
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