जाँ-गुसिल

Meaning

Soul-consuming, life-draining, agonizing, or fatal.

Detailed Meaning

In Persian and Urdu poetics, 'jaan-gusil' describes an affliction, grief, or trial so acute that it consumes the soul or threatens physical life. In this couplet, Ghalib acknowledges that grief is undeniably fatal and exhausting, yet human beings cannot escape it because having a feeling heart inevitably invites torment.

Etymology

Persian compound of 'jān' (soul/life) and 'gusil' (present stem of 'gusistan', to sever or break).

Usage

Frequently invoked in the ghazal tradition as an epithet for the unbearable sorrow of separation or the trials of love.

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