We cannot understand what we are without you, and we merely exist by your grace.

This profound couplet speaks to the absolute dependency of the self on the beloved. The poet, Mir Taqi Mir, suggests that without the presence or memory of the beloved, the speaker's very existence—their understanding, their purpose—is lost. It's a declaration that the beloved is the axis around which the speaker's life revolves. The line 'हम कोर से' (Hum kor se) emphasizes that the speaker is reduced to nothingness, mere emptiness, without that guiding light.