Word Meaning
ना-कर्दा
na-karda
Meaning
Undone, uncommitted, or not performed.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu and Persian poetry, 'na-karda' refers to an act or deed that was never performed. In this couplet, it modifies 'gunaah' (sins), referring to transgressions that the speaker only yearned to commit but never actually carried out. The poet wittily demands appreciation or reward for the unfulfilled desire of those uncommitted sins, balancing it against the punishment due for committed ones.
Etymology
Persian compound formed from the negative prefix 'na-' (un-, not) and 'karda' (done/performed, past participle of 'kardan', to do).
Usage
Commonly employed in the ghazal to weave witty paradoxes about unfulfilled desires, divine justice, and sins contemplated but never enacted.
Examples
A ledger full of undone deeds
Grief over uncommitted sins