Sher Ke Parde Mein Main Ne Gham Sunaya Hai Bahut — Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
I have narrated my sorrow many times in the lion's curtain; many elegies have also made my heart weep.
Explanation
This couplet captures the profound irony of grief. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the sheer act of lamenting—of constantly recounting one's sorrow to others—becomes exhausting. The pain is no longer just the original wound, but the weariness of the process itself. The lamentation, or the *Maqta*, has become a source of suffering, making the heart cry, even when the initial pain might have lessened. It’s the burden of shared sadness.
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