Word Meaning
जवीं
Jū'eñ
Meaning
Streams, rivulets, or water channels (used poetically for streams of tears).
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu poetry, 'jū' signifies a small stream, brook, or rivulet of water, with 'jū'eñ' being its plural form. In this couplet, it represents the continuous streams of the poet's bitter weeping that will sustain the garden long after he departs. The imagery connects excessive shedding of tears to irrigation channels flowing beneath the garden trees.
Etymology
Persian 'جوی' (jūy / jū), meaning a brook, stream, or channel, with the Urdu feminine plural suffix '-eñ'.
Usage
Frequently invoked in Urdu ghazals alongside tears (ashk) and blood (lahū) to evoke rivers of sorrow that water the symbolic garden of love.
Examples
jū'eñ ashkon kī har samt bah niklīñ
ravāñ thīñ chashm se jū'eñ lahū kī