आलूदा-ब-मय

Meaning

Stained, soaked, or tainted with wine.

Detailed Meaning

Literally meaning soiled or stained with wine, the phrase functions as a compound adjective. In this couplet, it highlights the ironic contradiction between the sacred purity of the pilgrim's white garment (jama-e-ehram) and its profane defilement by wine, evoking the poet's self-conscious sinfulness or antinomian identity.

Etymology

Persian compound formed from 'ālūda' (stained/tainted), the preposition 'ba' (with/by), and 'mai' (wine).

Usage

A classic trope in Urdu poetry used to signify the nonconformist stance of the 'rind' (drinker) who wears the stains of sin in sacred spaces.

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