Word Meaning
दर्द-नोश
durd-nosh
Meaning
A drinker of wine dregs; one who consumes lees or bitter sorrow.
Detailed Meaning
Literally referring to one who drinks the bitter sediment or dregs (durd) at the bottom of the wine jar, the term represents an utterly devoted tavern-dweller or lover who embraces suffering. In this couplet, the poet portrays himself as a humble libertine ('rind-e-durd-nosh') utterly absorbed in the alley of tavern-boys and hence indifferent to orthodox ritual pilgrimage.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'durd' (دُرد, wine sediment or lees) and 'nosh' (نوش, drinker/consuming, from noshīdan).
Usage
Commonly employed in tavern-themed ghazal couplets to champion sincere renunciation and ecstatic abandon over hypocritical piety.
Examples
A humble dregs-drinker sitting outside the tavern.
The mystic turned dregs-drinker, heedless of the ascetic's call.