Where is the leisure to say much? Let it suffice that whatever you showed us, O gracious friend, we simply saw it.
In this couplet, the poet captures the quiet exhaustion and surrender of a heart worn down by life's trials. He suggests that existence offered so little respite that he cannot even begin to recount his sufferings; it is enough to say that whatever sights of pain the Beloved—or destiny—unfolded, he bore witness to them all without turning away. Addressing the beloved as 'meherbaan' (gracious friend) carries a poignant, gentle irony, weaving deep sorrow with an unspoken devotion.
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