The heart, having taken me to that alley, brought me back to dust and ashes.

This couplet uses the metaphor of a street (gali) to describe the unpredictable journey of love. The poet suggests that even if someone takes your heart to a place you thought was destined for happiness, the outcome is often disillusionment. To be 'found in dust' (khaak mein mila laaya) means being left emotionally ruined, stripped bare, or forgotten. It speaks to the painful realization that some journeys only lead back to the emptiness from which they started.