Word Meaning
तराना-ख़ेज़
taraana-khez
Meaning
Producing or singing melodies; resonant with song or lament.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound adjective meaning melody-raising or song-producing. In Ghalib's couplet, it describes how the severe restraint of madness causes every single hair-tip of the body to resonate like a musical instrument. The suppressed inner pain turns the entire physical being into a wellspring of latent song and lamentation.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'tarāna' (melody, song) + 'khez' (present stem of 'khestan', to rise or raise).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, the agentive suffix '-khez' is frequently joined with acoustic terms to portray quiet suffering suddenly welling up into vocalized music.
Examples
a melody-raising sigh in the quiet night
the breeze turned melody-raising among the branches