ब-बंद

Meaning

in chains; bound; caught in the fetters or snare

Detailed Meaning

The compound phrase 'ba-band' literally signifies being trapped in chains, bonds, or restrictions. In the given couplet, it combines with 'hawas' (lust or greed) to form 'ba-band-e-hawas', meaning bound or entrapped in the snares of worldly desires. The poet declares that the body has not been surrendered over to these entrapments.

Etymology

Persian: preposition 'ba' (with, in, to) + 'band' (tie, fetter, bond).

Usage

Commonly employed in Persianate Urdu verse in izafat constructions to depict metaphysical entrapment, emotional binding, or imprisonment in love and desire.

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