From whose blood has your sword been dipped, and whose home has been afflicted by this cruelty?

This profound couplet is a powerful interrogation of injustice. Mir Taqi Mir challenges the perpetrator, asking, 'Whose blood is your sword dipped in?' and 'On whose innocent household have you committed this cruelty?' It is not merely a question; it is a moral accusation. The poet forces us to confront the source of violence, making the listener question the very legitimacy of the suffering. It speaks to the universal pain of undeserved torment.