Word Meaning
तक़ाज़ा
taqāzā
Meaning
Insistence, demand, urging, or claiming of a debt or obligation.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'taqāzā' conveys an urgent claim, natural requirement, or persistent demand, often framed in financial or legalistic metaphors of debt. In Ghalib's verse, the heart actively demands continued effort and relentless striving ('kāvish') to unpick a knot that remains half-tied. It captures how an unresolved passion or duty exerts an irresistible claim upon the lover's faculties.
Etymology
Arabic (تقاضٍ / تَقَاضَى, from the triconsal root q-ḍ-y meaning to decree, settle, or demand debt).
Usage
In the ghazal, poets frequently personify circumstances, age, or love as demanding creditors making a relentless 'taqāzā' on the lover.
Examples
The relentless demand of love admits no rest.
A life of passion carries its own heavy demands.