From her lips, we continued to hear bitterness, as if the water of the beasts was meant for our right.

This profound couplet speaks of enduring pain. The poet says that we kept listening to bitterness from those lips, even though, in pursuit of our own rights, we were consuming the poison of the beasts. It captures the agony of self-inflicted suffering in love—the acceptance of cruelty because of misplaced hope. It is a powerful lament on the nature of heartbreak and the bitter irony of seeking justice in a toxic relationship.