Even before, I had been drawn by your love with pain and sorrow, but there was no such calamity upon my life.

This couplet captures the profound agony of a lover who feels that the current suffering transcends all previous pain. Mir Taqi Mir suggests that although he has endured countless sorrows drawn from the thread of love, this particular pain feels different—it is not just sorrow, but a true 'bala' or curse upon his very soul. It speaks to a level of despair that is utterly unprecedented.