Word Meaning
मुग़्बचों
mughbacon
Meaning
Wine-server boys; young tavern assistants or offspring of a Zoroastrian tavern-keeper.
Detailed Meaning
Literally referring to the sons of a 'mugh' (Zoroastrian or fire-worshipper tavern-master), in Persian and Urdu poetry it denotes the handsome young cupbearers who serve wine. In this couplet, it represents the charming and free-spirited tavern-boys whose playful abuse or mockery the speaker aspires to endure as a mark of genuine devotion to intoxication.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'mugh' (Zoroastrian/magian/tavern-keeper) + 'bacha' (child/youth).
Usage
A frequent trope in classical Sufi and ghazal poetry representing beauty, unrestrained love, and the sacred allure of the tavern.
Examples
The abuse from the wine-serving youth is sweeter than prayer.
Wandering among the young tavern-boys of the wine-house.