The poem (like most of Robbie Burns's works) uses figurative language to represent the reality of aging, love, sex, and death. It also has a perennial theme of devotion and eternal love.
In the poem, a woman speaks to her husband, John Anderson, her jo (sweetheart/love) reminding him, first, on how his hair was once dark, and curly where now is balding and grey. Yet, she "blesses" it, meaning that she indeed still loves her husband.
She talks about how her and John have gone through life together, and basically how they have gone through the perils of aging, and will prob. meet in the afterlife after they die.
In a naughty part, she even mentions his buttocks and how she understands that he may have lost the desire to make love with age, but that, although she would very much prefer that it came back to him, she is still devoted to him.
In the end, she mentions the word "sleeping" which, of course means dying. Hence, the last part of the poem is basically a declaration of undying and eternal love.
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