तरसता

Meaning

Longing, yearning, or craving intensely for something unattainable.

Detailed Meaning

In Urdu poetry, 'tarastā' expresses prolonged deprival, yearning, and intense unfulfilled craving. In Ghalib's couplet, it captures the speaker's unending thirst for true intimacy with the beloved's beauty, remaining unsatisfied even though every pore has become an eye observing it. It signifies the gap between mere observation and true communion.

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit root तृष् (tṛṣ, meaning 'to thirst' or 'to crave') through Prakrit into Hindustani तरसना (tarasnā).

Usage

Frequently employed in ghazals to depict the lover's perpetual state of agony, deprivation, and unquenched desire.

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