Word Meaning
दाग़-सामाँ
dāġh-sāmāñ
Meaning
Equipped with scars; possessing wounds or sorrow as one's sole provision.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'dāgh-sāmāñ' denotes someone whose only worldly goods, equipment, or treasure are scars and sorrow. In the cited couplet, it describes the wild tulip (lāla), whose inherent inner black brand is metaphorically seen as its only capital in life's workshop. It highlights the existential reality where beauty and consciousness arrive already destined for tragic suffering.
Etymology
Persian compound of 'dāgh' (mark, burn, brand) and 'sāmān' (goods, apparatus, provision).
Usage
Frequently used in classical ghazal to attribute an inherent, noble wealth of suffering to tragic figures like the lover or the tulip.
Examples
In the bazaar of love, the broken heart was equipped only with scars.
He returned from the journey of passion with wounds as his sole treasure.