नज़्ज़ारा

Meaning

Sight, spectacle, view, or the act of beholding.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu poetry, 'nazzara' signifies both the visible spectacle and the gaze itself. In this couplet, it represents the eye's faculty of visual perception and gazing at the beloved, which rivals the heart's contemplative thought ('khayal'). It emphasizes the longing of sensory vision in contrast to inward emotional reflection.

Etymology

Arabic root ن-ظ-ر (naẓara), meaning 'to see, look, or contemplate'.

Usage

In ghazal poetry, it frequently embodies the lover's overwhelming experience of beholding the beloved's manifest beauty or divine radiance.

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