The color of the flower's fragrance, may a lifetime pass in just one hue; O Meer, if the heart comes without desire, is it achievable?

This profound couplet by Mir Taqi Mir speaks to the transient nature of existence and the unpredictable power of love. The poet observes that the fragrance of a flower, and indeed life itself, is fleeting, passing in a single, beautiful hue. He wonders, with a touch of melancholy, what fate awaits him if his heart suddenly, unbidden, falls for someone. It captures that universal moment when beauty meets destiny, and the heart loses all control.