We will read, the lion will cry, and people will sit; our mourning will last for a long time.

Mir Taqi Mir captures the profound and enduring nature of grief here. The lines suggest that while the public might cry during a poetry recitation, the personal sorrow—the 'maatam'—is something that will linger for a very long time. It speaks to a deep, internal pain that poetry can only momentarily touch, but never truly alleviate. It’s a beautiful lament on the persistence of heartbreak.