Word Meaning
बह
beh
Meaning
To flow, trickle, or stream (as tears or blood).
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetry, the verb stem denotes the flowing or streaming of liquids, predominantly tears and blood. In this couplet, it describes the heart-wrenching discharge where tears, blood, and fragments of the afflicted heart and liver stream out of the lover's weeping eye. It conveys the peak of emotional and physical torment leading to total dissolution.
Etymology
Sanskrit वहति (vahati) via Prakrit वहइ (vahai), evolving into Hindi/Urdu बहना (bahna/behna).
Usage
Frequently paired with 'कर' (बह कर) or inflected forms to dramatize the uncontrollable outpouring of tears and blood in classical lamentation.
Examples
Tears continued to flow relentlessly through the long night.
Blood began to stream from the wound of the heart.