He did not come to the place where I had left; my expectation has only reached this far.

This couplet speaks to the profound realization that true intimacy or connection doesn't come from where you expect it to. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the beloved didn't arrive from the path you were walking, but rather the depth of connection—the 'āshnāī' (familiarity/intimacy)—was already established right where you were. It's a beautiful meditation on presence, suggesting that the magic is not in the journey's end, but in the moment itself.