She is the one who buys the beauty of the face; in that transaction, the life itself is lost.

This profound couplet is a warning about the illusion of beauty. Mir Taqi Mir tells us that anyone who treats the beloved's beauty (gul-rukhaan) as something to be bought or traded is foolish. Why? Because the true cost of engaging with such beauty is the loss of one's own self or life. It’s a melancholic reminder that physical beauty, while captivating, often comes with a heavy, unseen emotional price.