वीराना

Meaning

A desolate place, wilderness, ruin, or deserted wasteland.

Detailed Meaning

Refers to an uninhabited, barren, or desolate wilderness. In classical poetry and in this couplet, it represents the desolate desert terrain wandered by Majnun, symbolizing extreme loneliness, renunciation, and love's solitude. It contrasts the squalor of ruin with the worldly fame brought by passion.

Etymology

Persian (ویرانه / vīrāna), derived from 'vīrān' (ruined, desolate) + suffix '-a'.

Usage

In the Urdu ghazal tradition, 'vīrāna' frequently functions as an outward landscape reflecting an inward state of grief, longing, and romantic madness (junūn).

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