जवानियाँ

Meaning

Days of youth, youthful years, or the prime of life.

Detailed Meaning

This is the plural form of 'javānī', referring to the vibrant period of youth or the prime years of life. In this couplet, it emphasizes the prolonged and repeated suffering of spending one's best years in agonizing survival beneath the sword rather than in joy. The pluralization conveys the heavy weight and collective despair of those lost youthful days.

Etymology

Derived from Persian 'javān' (young) with the abstract noun suffix '-ī', adapted into Urdu/Hindi plural inflection.

Usage

In ghazal poetry, youth is frequently depicted as a fleeting, precious season often sacrificed to the pangs of love or the cruelty of fate.

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