Word Meaning
ख़ुश-क़द
khush-qad
Meaning
Of graceful or shapely stature; tall and handsome, used for the beloved.
Detailed Meaning
A compound adjective and romantic epithet denoting someone endowed with an elegant, tall, and symmetrical posture. In Persian and Urdu poetic traditions, the beloved is conventionally praised through arboreal imagery like the cypress for having a graceful frame. In the cited couplet, it serves as an intimate address for the graceful beloved whose nocturnal promise delays the turmoil of reckoning.
Etymology
Persian 'khwush' (pleasing, beautiful) + Arabic 'qadd' (stature, figure).
Usage
In classical ghazal poetry, 'khush-qad' is commonly used as a flattering attribute of the beloved to contrast gracefulness with the unrest their presence causes.
Examples
that youth of graceful stature
the captivating stride of the shapely beloved