Word Meaning
ख़ूँनाबा-फ़िशाँ
khoonaba-fishaan
Meaning
Shedding bloody tears; weeping tears of blood.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-derived compound adjective used to describe eyes that weep tears of blood due to unbearable agony. In this couplet, it qualifies the hypothetical eyes that the poet wishes he possessed in greater numbers to fully vent his surging inner grief. It epitomizes the classical poetic convention of hyperbole where intense sorrow transforms mere tears into blood.
Etymology
Persian: 'khūn' (blood) + 'āb'/'āba' (water, tears) + 'fishān' (root of fishāndan, meaning to scatter or shed).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazals, it is predominantly paired with 'दीदा' (eye) to represent the utmost hyperbole of grief.
Examples
the plight of an eye shedding bloody tears
weeping tears of blood in the agony of parting