Word Meaning
ग़ज़ल-ख़्वाँ
ghazal-khwaan
Meaning
A singer, reciter, or chanter of ghazals or love songs.
Detailed Meaning
A compound term meaning a reciter or singer of ghazals, often applied metaphorically in poetry to melodious creatures like the nightingale. In this couplet, the speaker's cries of anguish are so sublime that the garden's nightingales take them as lessons and begin chanting elegant poetry. It reflects how raw grief is elevated into refined poetic song.
Etymology
Arabic 'ghazal' (amatory poem) + Persian 'khwaan' (stem of 'khaandan', to read or sing).
Usage
Commonly used in ghazal tradition to personify the nightingale as an inspired singer celebrating love and sorrow in the garden.
Examples
The nightingale became a ghazal-singer at dawn.
Every bird in the rose-garden is a ghazal-singer of love.