Were it not for the honor/prestige of love, how many tears had reached the eyelid.

This profound couplet speaks to the immense dignity and restraint that love demands. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that if it weren't for the sacred bond and honor of love, the poet would have cried torrents of tears. The tears, therefore, are not merely sadness; they are a testament to the depth of the feeling, so profound that they can only be held back by the sheer grace of the emotion itself. It speaks of controlled, dignified suffering.