I have spent myself with an open hand, I myself, by spending, have exhausted myself.
This powerful couplet speaks to the ultimate cost of giving oneself completely. Amrut Ghayal tells us that the 'spending' wasn't done by others, but by the speaker's own hand. It’s a profound reflection on self-sacrifice—the act of giving everything, so much that the self is depleted, or 'spent,' entirely. It speaks to a love so consuming that the lover becomes the very thing that exhausts them. It is the tragedy of self-immolation through devotion.
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