रिन्दाँ

Meaning

Libertines, drunkards, or spiritual non-conformists free from conventional religious hypocrisy.

Detailed Meaning

'Rindāñ' is the Persian plural of 'rind', denoting carefree drunkards or enlightened libertines who repudiate orthodox religious hypocrisy. In this couplet, it refers to the collective circle of wine-drinkers whose ecstatic pursuit spans all six directions of the cosmos. To the poet, what the ignorant observer mistakes for the ruin of the world is actually the boundless domain of these free spirits.

Etymology

Persian 'rind' (رند, libertine or free-thinker) combined with the Persian plural suffix '-ān' (ـاں).

Usage

In classical Urdu poetry, the 'rind' is celebrated as a sincere seeker of truth whose intoxicated abandon is privileged over the dry, hypocritical piety of the 'zāhid' (ascetic).

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