Worldly wealth will never accompany you; O heedless one, after you are gone, everything will be distributed right here.
Here, the poet offers a gentle yet sobering reality check about the illusions of materialism. We spend our entire lives tirelessly gathering possessions, forgetting that not a single coin makes that final journey with us. By addressing the listener as 'heedless' (be-khabar), the verse tenderly urges us to see past worldly greed, reminding us that everything we leave behind will merely be divided among others.
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