If this is the life that we live, captive to our own actions, then those who died in captivity truly lived.

This profound couplet by Mir Taqi Mir speaks to the nature of true existence. He suggests that merely surviving or existing by routine is not enough. True life, according to the Shayar, is lived when one completely surrenders—when one is passionate, committed, or captured by a deep emotion. Only those who die while fully immersed in that state of surrender truly experience life!