O Akbar, among the wise and clever, each surpasses the other, but among the passionately mad, I found no one like you.
Akbar draws a playful yet profound contrast between worldly cleverness and the purity of passionate surrender. While the world is crowded with shrewd, calculating people constantly trying to outshine one another, true, uninhibited 'madness' in love is exceedingly rare. In celebrating the beloved's unique devotion, the poet suggests that genuine heart-driven abandon is far more precious than all the intellect in the world.
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