याँ के सपीद ओ सियह में हम को दख़्ल जो है सो इतना है रात को रो रो सुब्ह किया या दिन को जूँ तूँ शाम किया
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning

In the whiteness and blackness of your love, the access I have is only this much: whether I cry at night to make it dawn, or whether I spend the day to make it evening.

Explanation

This profound couplet speaks to the limited nature of human control and the relentless cycle of life. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that in this world of duality (white and black), our rights are minimal. We are caught in the unending cycle—crying through the night only to greet the morning, or living through the day only to meet the evening. It's a poignant reflection on the struggle between time, fate, and human endurance.

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