Word Meaning
बे-परवा
be-parvā
Meaning
Careless, carefree, indifferent, heedless, or unconcerned.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu verse, 'be-parvā' denotes someone or something unbothered by worldly consequences, anxieties, or emotional bounds. In this couplet by Ghalib, it qualifies 'zauq-e-aish' (the appetite for pleasure), describing an abandon or heedless desire that ignores surrounding constraints. It evokes both an indifference to worldly transience and an untethered pursuit of ecstasy.
Etymology
Persian compound formed from the negative prefix 'be-' (without) and 'parvā' (care, heed, anxiety).
Usage
Commonly employed in the ghazal to portray either the beloved's cruel indifference toward the lover or the mystic's nonchalance toward worldly distress.
Examples
that carefree gaze unaffected by pain
heedless of the world's sorrows