Tuk 'Mir'-e-Zigar-sokhta, bring soon news to me; what faith is there in the lamp of the morning's glow?

This poignant couplet captures the agony of shattered hope. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the wound of a burning heart (the emotional pain) is a constant reality, something that cannot be escaped. He questions the reliability of the 'morning lamp' (चराग़-ए-सहरी), symbolizing fragile hope or fleeting joy. The message is clear: when the pain is deep, even the promise of a new dawn feels like a cruel deception.