Where is the leisure now for the pen of poetry, in the morning? Our story is merely brief, lasting but a moment.

This profound couplet speaks to the struggle of the artist. Mir Taqi Mir is lamenting that the time for writing and poetic leisure is gone. His own life story, his 'qissa,' has become too short, too brief, to accommodate the grand tales he wishes to tell through poetry. It’s a poignant realization that life itself is a masterpiece that runs out of time.