O cruel one, you were never a friend to anyone, but now you inflict such cruelty upon others that was never even done to me.
Mir captures a bittersweet, almost ironic realization here between two cups of tea. The lover long believed that his own heartbreak was the ultimate measure of the beloved's coldness, accepting that they were never meant to be anyone's friend. Yet, witnessing the sheer torment now inflicted on others, he discovers with quiet shock that cruelty itself has somehow found a whole new depth.
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