लीजियो

Meaning

Take or do; archaic polite or future imperative form of 'to take'.

Detailed Meaning

'लीजियो' is an archaic poetic imperative form of the Hindi/Urdu verb 'lena' (to take), synonymous with modern 'lijiye' or 'lijiyega'. In the couplet, it combines with 'sun' as a compound verb ('sun lijiyo'), conveying an emphatic injunction meaning 'listen well' or 'bear this in mind'. The lover declares boldly that it was they alone who stood brave when the sword of love was drawn.

Etymology

Derived from Middle Indo-Aryan and Old Hindustani imperative morphology (-iyo), ultimately tracing back to the Sanskrit verbal root लभ् (labh, 'to obtain, receive').

Usage

Widely employed in classical Urdu ghazal (Rekhta) by Mir, Sauda, and Ghalib both for its gentle rhetorical tone and metrical fit.

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