You and I are both compelled by our own ways; your profession is cruelty, and mine is loyalty.

This profound couplet speaks to the inescapable nature of love's contradictions. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that both the lover and the beloved are trapped by their own inherent nature. The beloved's 'profession' (pesha) is cruelty (zafa), and the lover's 'profession' is unwavering loyalty (wafa). It's a poignant acknowledgement that sometimes, the greatest tragedy is not the separation, but the very nature of the relationship itself. It’s a surrender to fate's cruel irony.