दिल-ख़राशी

Meaning

Heart-wounding, torment of the soul, or intense emotional anguish.

Detailed Meaning

Refers to the act or condition of scratching, wounding, or tormenting the heart. In this couplet, it describes the grueling emotional burdens and self-inflicted pains of unrequited love, presented ironically as busy tasks filling the lover's failed existence.

Etymology

Persian: compound of 'dil' (heart) + 'kharash' (scratching/lacerating) + abstract suffix '-i'.

Usage

In classical ghazal, it is commonly paired with somatic metaphors of bodily laceration to convey extreme grief caused by the beloved's cruelty or indifference.

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