The desert's edge, dried by the profound depth of the clouds, suggests a profound desolation. It means that we too shall now go to the jungle to cry.
This couplet paints a powerful picture of emotional exhaustion. The poet describes the 'daman-e-dasht' (the edge of the wilderness) as dry, not because of a lack of rain, but because of the overwhelming, mysterious depth of the clouds. This suggests that even nature is drained by deep sorrow. The final line—going to the jungle to cry—is a profound admission of despair. It means that the pain has reached such a point that the person has nowhere left to go but the wild, desolate place to break down.
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