जिगर-ख़राश

Meaning

Heart-rending, agonizing, piercing, or deeply sorrowful.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu poetry, 'jigar-kharāsh' describes something so intensely agonizing that it metaphorically lacerates the liver or heart, the traditional seat of deep emotional endurance. In this couplet, it qualifies the lover's thousands of laments ('navā'), emphasizing pain so acute that it ought to shatter apathy, yet remains met by total indifference. It underscores the profound contrast between utter emotional desperation and cold disdain.

Etymology

Persian compound formed from 'jigar' (liver/heart) and the active stem of 'kharāshīdan' (to scratch, scrape, wound).

Usage

Frequently deployed in the ghazal to portray laments, cries, or grief of the most intensely piercing and unbearable nature.

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