For a long time, let the rain fall upon my grave, if you passed over me, even on my ashes, weeping.

This profound couplet by Mir Taqi Mir speaks of enduring pain and the memory of love. The poet uses the powerful image of rain falling on its own grave, suggesting that the source of sorrow continues to exist even after the loss. The second line—that the rain cried when it passed over our dust—implies that the mere passage of time, or the memory of the beloved, is so painful that it brings tears even to the earth. It is a masterful depiction of inescapable grief.