If you did not understand, then know that we had shown all the wounds of the chest.

This profound couplet speaks to the silent suffering that often accompanies deep love. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that the pain he endured was so immense, so deeply hidden, that he could not reveal it to the beloved. He implies that if the listener had truly understood the gravity of his emotional wounds, he would have shown them all. It is a poignant cry of unappreciated sacrifice, where the poet bears all his scars alone, fearing that understanding will only lead to pity, not empathy.