Word Meaning
ना-गुज़ीर
nā-guzīr
Meaning
Inevitable, unavoidable, indispensable, or inescapable.
Detailed Meaning
Refers to that which is unavoidable, indispensable, or cannot be escaped. In this couplet, it describes the unavoidable compulsion of clinging to life ('ulfat-e-hastī'), which the lover cannot forsake despite courting fiery destruction. It emphasizes an existential helplessness where survival's desire remains inherently inescapable.
Etymology
Persian compound of the negative prefix 'nā-' (un-/not) and 'guzīr' (escape, remedy, help, derived from guzaspardan/guzīrdan).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it is employed to portray the inescapable cruelty of fate, inexorable suffering, or essential existential attachments.
Examples
Death is the only inevitable truth of life.
Patience in grief became an unavoidable necessity.