The Shayar says we were not like this on the riverbank when the cushion was placed; that ghat, oh beloved, had become a gathering place.

This profound couplet speaks of the sudden shift from peace to tragedy. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that when he settled down at that riverbank, everything was calm and quiet. But the moment life—the 'jamghat' or gathering—began to thrive there, the corpses appeared. It is a powerful metaphor for how the arrival of crowds, noise, or intense activity often masks underlying dangers and inevitable heartbreak.