दर्द-मंद

Meaning

Afflicted with pain, sorrowful; empathetic or compassionate.

Detailed Meaning

In Persian and Urdu poetry, 'dard-mand' describes one who bears deep emotional or spiritual suffering, or who is naturally compassionate. In this couplet, it characterizes the lover's heart, struck and afflicted by the bewitching glance of the beloved. This painful wound is portrayed as an inseparable essence, akin to the perpetual fragrance bound to the musk of Khutan.

Etymology

Persian compound of 'dard' (pain, grief) + '-mand' (suffix denoting possession, endowed with).

Usage

In the ghazal, it frequently qualifies the lover's heart ('dil-e-dard-mand') to highlight an idealized state of noble, enduring suffering.

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