Word Meaning
वाला
vālā
Meaning
One who does, possesses, or is characterized by an action; agentive suffix.
Detailed Meaning
In Hindustani grammar and poetry, 'वाला' is an agentive and attributive suffix that attaches to oblique infinitives or nouns to designate an actor, possessor, or practitioner. In this couplet, it combines with 'रोने' to mean 'the weeping one' or 'the mourner' who bids farewell to the mortal world. It personifies the speaker as the very archetype of perpetual sorrow.
Etymology
Sanskrit 'पाल' (pāla, keeper/protector) via Prakrit 'वाल' (vāla).
Usage
In classical ghazals, 'वाला' commonly converts everyday verbal infinitives into evocative archetypes of suffering or transience, such as 'rone-wala' or 'jane-wala'.
Examples
The one who departs never returns to this gathering.
There is no one who can understand the sorrow of this heart.