पुर-गुल

Meaning

Full of flowers; laden with roses; blooming.

Detailed Meaning

Literally meaning filled with flowers or blooming with roses, the compound conveys an image of lushness and vibrant beauty. In this couplet, it portrays the anticipation of wounds as something that fills the skirt of the lover's gaze with blossoms, transforming mortal injury into joyful ecstasy. The poet equates the crimson blood of execution wounds to red flowers overflowing in the lap.

Etymology

Persian compound formed from 'pur' (full, filled) and 'gul' (flower, rose).

Usage

In classical ghazal, it frequently symbolizes either the splendor of spring or the beloved's body and lover's bloody wounds envisioned as radiant blossoms.

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