खे़मे

Meaning

Tents, pavilions, or temporary encampments.

Detailed Meaning

'Kheme' is the plural or oblique form of 'khema', denoting tents or temporary shelters. In this couplet, it operates metaphorically where swirling dust storms (gard-bād) in the desert are visualized as tents pitched by madness (junūn). It evokes the desolate wanderings and vast psychic landscape of the tragic lover.

Etymology

Arabic 'خَیْمَة' (khaymah, meaning tent), loaned through Persian into Urdu and Hindi.

Usage

In classical ghazal poetry, tents often signify transient haltings, the encampment of the beloved's caravan, or solitary stations in the desolate wilderness of passion.

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