Word Meaning
टपके
tapke
Meaning
To drip, trickle, or ooze (subjunctive or conditional form).
Detailed Meaning
An inflected form of the verb 'tapaknā', denoting the act of dripping or oozing in drops. In this couplet, it functions conditionally to declare that if pure blood does not drip from every single pore at the remembrance of love, it is merely an idle legend rather than authentic passion. The word evokes visceral, intense agony manifested physically upon the lover's body.
Etymology
Derived from the onomatopoeic Indo-Aryan/Prakrit root *ṭapp-, representing the sound of falling droplets.
Usage
In classical ghazal, it is typically employed to depict tears of blood trickling from weeping eyes or blood oozing from a wounded heart.
Examples
If blood drips from the eyes, only then can someone fathom the pain.
When tears of sorrow drip from the eyelashes.