Word Meaning
फ़राग़त
faraaghat
Meaning
Leisure, respite, relief, or freedom from care and anxiety.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'faraaghat' denotes respite, ease, or total liberation from a preoccupation or distressing encumbrance. In this couplet, it represents release from the anxious bother associated with soothing balms ('tashveesh-e-marham'). The lover muses that welcoming the stinging salt upon shredded wounds would paradoxically bring peaceful freedom from the meddlesome burden of healing.
Etymology
Arabic root f-r-gh (ف-ر-غ), pertaining to being empty, finished, or free from labor/distraction.
Usage
Often paired in the ghazal with heart or mind to signify release from romantic agony or worldly attachment.
Examples
a momentary respite from sorrow
finding relief from worldly obligations