Go away, O advisor! What talk of profit and loss is this? Love itself has taught me what the true outcome of love is.
Here, the poet playfully yet firmly dismisses the worldly counselor who tries to measure intense emotion through calculations of profit and loss. Everyday life constantly demands that we balance gains and deficits, but genuine love exists far beyond such transactional logic. The lover has come to understand that love is its own supreme reward—the very experience of surrendering oneself to it, even through heartbreak, is the ultimate harvest.
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