अलल-इत्तिसाल

Meaning

Continuously, perpetually, or in unbroken succession.

Detailed Meaning

An Arabic prepositional phrase meaning uninterruptedly, continually, or perpetually. In this couplet, it describes the lover being perpetually thirsty for his own blood, expressing an unending cycle of grief and self-consumption. It emphasizes that this state of torment is constant and without pause.

Etymology

Arabic, compound of 'alā (upon) + al-ittiṣāl (connection/continuity, from the root w-ṣ-l).

Usage

Employed in classical Urdu poetry as an erudite Arabic adverbial idiom to indicate persistent, unbroken occurrence.

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