बेगाने

Meaning

Strangers, outsiders, or unrelated people.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu poetry, 'begaane' refers to outsiders, strangers, or those alienated from the speaker. In this couplet, it is directly contrasted with 'apne' (one's own kin or companions) to emphasize total isolation. Because the poet insists on speaking the bitter truth, both intimate relations and distant strangers have turned against him.

Etymology

Persian 'بیگانه' (bīgānah), meaning stranger, foreign, alien.

Usage

Frequently juxtaposed with 'apne' to evoke themes of universal estrangement, loss, and existential detachment in the ghazal tradition.

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