Only the mirror-like reflection found you, and all that we observed were merely self-manifestations.

This profound couplet speaks to the painful realization of being misunderstood. The core metaphor is the 'mirror' (Aaina). The speaker is lamenting that the beloved only ever saw their own reflection in the speaker's actions—that every gesture, every effort, was merely a self-display. Mir Taqi Mir delivers a heartbreaking critique: our genuine feelings were never seen; they were only interpreted through the lens of the beloved's own ego.