See the fortune of the banyan tree, that I sent to him from my journey, which went to my homeland.

This profound couplet captures the agony of separation and the feeling of rootlessness. Mir Taqi Mir speaks to 'Bargashta-Bakht,' telling him how he dispatched a messenger on a long journey. The irony, and the tragedy, lies in the second line: even though he sent someone out into the world, his own homeland—his sense of belonging—was lost. It speaks to the deep despair that accompanies exile and memory.