Word Meaning
बेदाद
bedād
Meaning
Injustice, cruelty, tyranny, or oppression, especially the harshness of the beloved.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'bedād' refers to tyranny, unjust cruelty, or the beloved's customary torment of the lover. In this couplet, it represents the beloved's intrinsic art of cruelty, which finds no suitable recipient worthy of suffering it once the devoted lover is gone. The lover laments that without him, the beloved's tyrannical charm is left without an appreciative target.
Etymology
Persian compound of 'be-' (without, lacking) and 'dād' (justice, equity).
Usage
In the ghazal tradition, 'bedād' denotes the standard, captivating cruelty of the beloved that the lover paradoxically endures and values.
Examples
Complaining of the beloved's injustice to an indifferent sky.
Enduring the cruelty of fate without a word of protest.