नाम आज कोई याँ नहीं लेता है उन्हों का
जिन लोगों के कल मुल्क ये सब ज़ेर-ए-नगीं था
— Mir Taqi Mir
Meaning
No one today takes the name of those whose country was once entirely under their rule.
Explanation
This profound couplet speaks to the fleeting nature of worldly glory and power. Mir Taqi Mir observes that today, no one remembers or speaks the name of those whose lands were once magnificent and flourishing. It is a universal lament about how quickly empires fall and how history often forgets its greatest figures, leaving only echoes of past grandeur.