Word Meaning
ख़िर्मन-ज़ार
khirman-zaar
Meaning
A threshing floor, harvest ground, or place abundant in reaped grain.
Detailed Meaning
In Persian and Urdu poetry, 'khirman-zaar' refers to a harvest-field or threshing ground piled high with reaped grain. In this couplet, it designates an accumulated field of pearly tears or desires that is vulnerable to the searing lightning of the beloved's sharp gaze. The compound conveys the motif of immense accumulated treasure poised for sudden obliteration.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'khirman' (heap of harvested grain, stack) and the locative suffix '-zār' (place of abundance).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazals, it is almost invariably paired with 'barq' (lightning) as an emblem of the total destruction of accumulated hopes or the lover's entire being.
Examples
Lightning fell upon the harvest-field
the ashes of the soul's harvest-ground