आएँगे

Meaning

Will come; will arrive or surge forward.

Detailed Meaning

This is the third-person masculine plural future form of the verb 'ānā' (to come). In this couplet, it describes the violent floods of tears surging from all directions into the barren wasteland. It dramatizes the overwhelming arrival of grief and disaster when the poet-lover passes by.

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit 'आगम्' (ā-gam, to approach/come) via Prakrit 'आअइ' (āaï) into Old Hindi/Urdu.

Usage

In classical ghazal poetry, it is standardly used either to voice poignant yearning for the beloved's visit or the unavoidable advent of catastrophe.

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