My heart was struck by calamity, my beloved; this tale remained on the tongues of people.

This couplet captures the lasting echo of deep emotional pain. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that when the heart breaks, the resultant sorrow feels like a calamity that strikes the very soul. But the saddest part is that this tragedy, this tale of heartbreak, doesn't fade; it becomes a persistent story, whispered and recounted by everyone around us.