Word Meaning
जहाज़
jahāz
Meaning
A ship, vessel, or large boat navigating the water.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu verse, 'jahaz' refers to a ship, often employed as an allegory for human existence or the heart traversing the turbulent ocean of love and fate. In Mir's couplet, the poet's overwhelming flood of tears metaphorically forms a violent deluge that wrecks his own life's vessel. The scattering of its planks emphasizes complete spiritual and physical devastation.
Etymology
Arabic 'jihāz' (gear, apparatus, furnishing), later specialized in Persian and Urdu to denote a seafaring vessel or ship.
Usage
In the ghazal, the ship often represents the frail human self facing the stormy seas of desire, separation, and misfortune.
Examples
The ship of patience broke apart in the storm of grief.
Planks of the wrecked ship scattered across the dark waters.