Word Meaning
जाँ-बख़्शी
Jaan-bakhshi
Meaning
Bestowing of life, reviving, or sparing a condemned life through mercy.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu poetry, 'jaan-bakhshi' denotes the miraculous bestowal of life or the pardoning of a doomed soul, often likened to the breath of Jesus (dam-e-Isa). In this couplet, it highlights the beloved's supposed grace of sparing and reviving life, contrasted bitterly with the lover's ill fate that received instead an advance message of death.
Etymology
Persian compound of 'jān' (soul/life) and 'bakhshī' (granting, bestowing, from bakhshīdan).
Usage
Often paired with the motif of the beloved's messianic breath or royal clemency toward a dying lover.
Examples
The beloved's arrival held the promise of granting life.
No one could match the mercy of their life-giving grace.