The lines suggest that just as the lands are burning from poverty, there was no shelter or support even in your path.

This profound couplet paints a stark contrast between physical suffering and emotional desolation. Mir Taqi Mir first acknowledges the visible, agonizing pain of the homeland—the corpses burning in the heat of poverty. But the true, deeper pain lies in the beloved's world. He observes that even in the beloved's lane, there was no comforting shadow of a wall. This suggests that the emotional emptiness and coldness felt in the lover's heart are far more devastating than the physical struggles of the nation itself.