कारोबार

Meaning

Endeavor, occupation, affair, or the pursuit of love.

Detailed Meaning

Literally meaning business, trade, or routine occupation, the word in Persian and Urdu poetry frequently shifts to mean the lover's consuming devotion, lamentation, and affairs of the heart. In this couplet, it refers to the nightingale's earnest labor of love and weeping, which is met only with the cruel, derisive laughter of the blossoming rose.

Etymology

Persian compound of 'kār' (work, deed) and 'bār' (dealings, burden/load).

Usage

In classical ghazal, poets often form compounds like 'karobar-e-ishq' or 'karobar-e-jahan' to contrast the spiritual endeavor of passion with worldly enterprise.

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