If 'Mir' continues to weep from this clamor, why should we, the mere shadow, remain awake (or sorrowful)?

This profound couplet captures the poet's existential weariness. Mir Taqi Mir is essentially asking: If my sorrow (my crying) is so loud and visible to the world's noise, then what is the purpose of my inner peace or my hidden self (the shadow) remaining silent? It's a questioning of self-worth and the exhaustion that comes from constantly reacting to life's chaos. The shadow wonders why it should maintain its silence when the soul is already weeping!