Word Meaning
बारियाँ
baariyaan
Meaning
Turns, rounds, or opportunities, especially to endure passion or suffering.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetics, 'baariyan' denotes successive turns or appointed moments of devotion, trial, and suffering. In this couplet, it refers to the speaker and fellow broken-hearted lovers finally getting their turn to demonstrate their depth of sorrow and sacrifice, claiming it will eclipse the legendary standards set by Farhad and Qais. It expresses a tragic yet defiant anticipation of martyrdom in love.
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit 'वार' (vāra, meaning turn or occasion) via Prakrit into Hindavi/Urdu as 'बारी'.
Usage
Frequently deployed in ghazals to depict the endless line of lovers awaiting their turn for the beloved's fleeting attention or the executioner's blade.
Examples
waiting for our turns in the street of the beloved
the turns of lovers facing the trials of fate