When you departed from the place, we had come from a great distance.

This poignant couplet speaks to the immense effort and emotional investment one pours into a relationship. Mir Taqi Mir is telling us that when the beloved finally leaves, the pain is not just the departure itself, but the realization that all the distance, the journeys, and the efforts made from one's side were insufficient to keep them there. It's a powerful lament about unappreciated devotion.