The only desire was for the day of union, that the separation would finally end.

This beautiful couplet captures the profound agony of separation (judaai) and the intense yearning for reunion (wasl). Mir Taqi Mir speaks of how his sole desire was the day he would finally be reunited with his beloved. But the separation was so overwhelming, so agonizing, that the night itself never seemed to end. It speaks to a yearning that stretches beyond time, a timeless wait for that perfect moment of togetherness.