There is no strength left in speech, and even if there were, on what hope should you ask what my desire is?

This couplet captures the profound emotional exhaustion of the lover. Mirza Ghalib says that he has lost the very power of speech, and even if he could speak, he doesn't know how to articulate his deepest desires. It speaks to a state of soulful numbness, where the intensity of feeling is so great that language fails. It is the ultimate surrender to silence.