Due to cruelty, my heart, this cloak of devotion is gone, neither in the world nor in the secluded retreat.

This profound couplet by Mir Taqi Mir speaks to the ultimate fragility of love's promises. The poet suggests that the loyalty (Wafa) given in response to the beloved's cruelty (Sitam) is so tenuous that it cannot sustain itself anywhere. It fails to survive in the open world, and it equally fails to survive in the solitude of a hermitage. It is a heartbreaking realization that even the purest devotion cannot withstand the relentless force of betrayal.