The wretched and unfortunate can never truly enjoy this world, for what others believe to be life-giving water, we have always known to be merely a mirage.
This couplet speaks to the bittersweet burden of seeing straight through worldly illusions. While most people eagerly chase after material pleasures thinking they are life-giving water, the sensitive or ill-fated soul realizes it is nothing more than a deceptive mirage. By seeing through the glitter of life, one loses the innocent ignorance needed to truly enjoy its hollow rewards.
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