In love, there was humiliation, there was ease, and there was accusation. Finally, my friends gave their lives, and this companionship was gained.

Mir Taqi Mir paints a heartbreaking picture of love's destructive nature. He speaks of how the path of love brings with it public humiliation, constant slighting, and accusations. But the deepest pain is revealed in the second line: the very companionship, the company of loved ones, ultimately proved to be fatal. It suggests that some bonds are so painful they cost a life, leaving only the bitter memory of what was lost.