In these very lanes, when we used to weep, many rivers of sorrow have flowed by.

This couplet speaks to the profound, transformative power of grief. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the sorrow experienced in seemingly ordinary lanes—the sorrow of the heart—is not merely momentary. Instead, that pain is so deep, so potent, that it carves out the channels and sustains the flow of many great rivers. It's a powerful testament to how deep emotional experience shapes the very landscape of our inner lives.