Word Meaning
मुसीबत-ज़दा
musībat-zada
Meaning
Afflicted by misfortune; calamity-stricken; overwhelmed by grief or suffering.
Detailed Meaning
A compound adjective describing someone or something struck by catastrophe, hardship, or enduring distress. In the given couplet, it qualifies the lover's heart ('dil') as chronically beset by affliction and perpetually drawn toward suffering. It conveys an emotional state wherein misfortune is not merely incidental, but a constant, defining identity of the lover.
Etymology
Arabic 'muṣībat' (calamity, disaster) + Persian suffix 'zada' (struck, afflicted, smitten).
Usage
Frequently used in classical ghazal poetry to epitomize the lover's heart or condition as perpetually doomed to anguish and romantic tribulations.
Examples
The lament of a calamity-stricken heart
Have mercy upon this afflicted soul