मुब्तिला

Meaning

Afflicted, entangled, caught, or suffering from a calamity or passion.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu poetry, 'mubtila' refers to someone besieged, entangled, or afflicted by distress, disease, or unyielding romantic yearning. In this couplet, it describes the lover who is wholly ensnared by the painful longing to meet the beloved. This continuous affliction becomes so burdensome that it leads to inescapable despair and demise.

Etymology

Arabic مُبْتَلَى (mubtalā), the passive participle from the root ب-ل-و (b-l-w), meaning to test, try, or afflict.

Usage

In the ghazal tradition, it is frequently combined as an izafat construction like 'mubtila-e-dard' or 'mubtila-e-gham' to depict the lover's inescapable entrapment in suffering.

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