Literally, the couplet asks what the speaker should do and what should be sung to the people. Offering one's own face to the sacrificial fire is considered the ultimate form of yoga.

Kabir suggests that since he has offered his very face (representing his ego and worldly identity) to the sacrificial fire, he has nothing left to sing or perform for the people. This profound metaphor signifies the total surrender of the self, demonstrating that true spiritual realization, or 'yoga,' is not an external performance. It is a state of complete inner emptiness and peace achieved through radical self-sacrifice. This perspective challenges the need for worldly validation.