Word Meaning
नशे
nashe
Meaning
Intoxication, drunkenness, or a state of ecstatic inebriation.
Detailed Meaning
Refers to the state of intoxication, drunkenness, or ecstatic trance caused by wine or the presence of the beloved. In this couplet, it describes the nocturnal inebriation during which intimate, disordered speech occurred between lovers. In classical ghazal, such intoxication often symbolizes mystical abandon and transcendence beyond worldly reason.
Etymology
Arabic نشوة (nashwah, intoxication/delight), borrowed through Persian into Urdu and Hindi.
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, it is frequently employed metaphorically to represent ecstatic passion, spiritual delirium, or the divine ecstasy that frees the poet from orthodox constraints.
Examples
Lost in the intoxication of love
Under the deep intoxication of the night