Whenever the beloveds speak sweet words of love, they never spare the heart's wealth and take it away.
The poet playfully portrays the heart as 'naqd'—ready cash—which the beloved easily plunders the moment they begin to speak sweet words of love. By calling the beloved a 'sanam' (an idol), there is an underlying sense of charming deceit; their words may be sweet, but they are stone-hearted collectors of souls. It beautifully captures the sweet helplessness of a lover who cannot resist surrendering their most precious treasure to sheer charm.
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