Word Meaning
ब-ज़ौक़
ba-zauq
Meaning
With taste, relish, delight, or keen interest.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning 'with taste or relish', this compound denotes experiencing an action or state with keen passion and aesthetic delight. In the couplet, it indicates that intoxication meets its ruin through the very relish found in the cupbearer's heedlessness. It underscores the classical lover's ability to extract aesthetic pleasure even from the beloved's negligence.
Etymology
Compound of Persian preposition 'ba' (with, by) and Arabic 'dhawq' (taste, aesthetic sense, relish).
Usage
Used frequently in classical ghazal to express eager appreciation, refined aesthetic sensitivity, or finding sweet torment in the beloved's indifference.
Examples
He listened to the tragic tale with great relish.
Walking with aesthetic delight upon the path of longing.