Word Meaning
ताने
taane
Meaning
Endurance, capacity, strength to bear, or taunts/reproaches depending on reading.
Detailed Meaning
In this couplet, 'taane' (often vocalised as 'taab-o-tavan' context or derived from 'taan' / 'taana') conveys endurance, strength, or the tension/capacity of the pen to endure the pain of lamentations. It can also evoke the sense of reproach or sarcasm ('ta'na'), though here it primarily hints at the pen's inability or lack of strength/sympathy to bear the poet's grief. The poet laments that both paper and pen are strangers ('na-mahram') to the true agony of love.
Etymology
From Arabic 'ta'n' (طعن - reproach, taunt) or Sanskrit 'tan' (तन - to stretch/strain).
Usage
In classical ghazal, the word is employed either to denote endurance and tension, or ironical reproach and censure.
Examples
Dil mein na taab rahi, na qalam mein koi taane
Gham-e-furqat ke taane sah na saka