It is strange that the Sheikh is wasting his life away in solitude, instead of joining the gathering of the master of the tavern.

Here, the poet gently teases the ascetic Sheikh, who locks himself away in dry isolation, thinking he is being holy when he is simply wasting his precious days. In ghazal poetry, the 'Pir-e-Mughan'—the elder of the tavern—symbolizes the true spiritual guide who leads people to divine truth through warmth, fellowship, and the wine of love. The couplet warmly reminds us that God and real life are found not in cold, solitary dogmas, but in the joyous, loving communion of an open heart.