जिगर-कावी

Meaning

Heart-piercing torment; intense emotional exertion or carving into the soul.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu poetry, 'jigar-kāvī' denotes the excruciating, labor-intensive digging or piercing into one's vital core of emotion. In this couplet, it describes the lament (nāla) whose meter and form directly carve into and rend the depths of the heart. It signifies artistic or emotional torment that physically and spiritually excavates the lover's inner self.

Etymology

Persian compound of 'jigar' (liver/heart) and 'kāvī' (digging/excavating, from the verb 'kāvīdan').

Usage

It is commonly employed in ghazals to depict the devastating emotional labor of loving or composing poetry of profound grief.

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