आँसू

Meaning

Tear; saline moisture shed from the eye due to sorrow.

Detailed Meaning

In Urdu poetics, 'aansu' denotes the tears of grief, longing, or love's distress. In Mir's couplet, plain tears belong to an earlier, milder phase of yearning that has now been surpassed by the literal bleeding and fragmentation of the heart and liver. It serves as a benchmark against which the lover's escalating agony is measured.

Etymology

From Sanskrit 'अश्रु' (aśru), through Prakrit 'अस्सु' (assu).

Usage

In classical ghazal tradition, the lover's weeping typically progresses from clear water (आँसू) to bloody tears (अश्क-ए-ख़ूँ) as passion and agony deepen.

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