Oh Meer, your verses, like burning wine, will fill these stain-marked days; you shall wander through the yellow city, picking flowers in the lanes.

This profound couplet by Mir Taqi Mir speaks to the healing power of poetry and art. The 'scars' (दाग़ों) mentioned are not just physical, but the deep wounds of emotional loss and life's struggles. Mir suggests that the burning verses (गर्म अशआर) themselves will fill those painful voids. You will wander through a faded, yellowed city, but even there, the simple act of picking a flower reminds us that beauty and melancholy coexist, and that poetry is the salve for the soul.