शादमाँ

Meaning

Happy, cheerful, joyful, or delighted.

Detailed Meaning

The term 'shādmāñ' denotes someone who is joyful, light-hearted, or prosperous in spirit. In the provided couplet, it qualifies 'yārān' (friends/companions), contrasting the poet's own grief-stricken and tearful life with those fortunate friends who live happily and untroubled.

Etymology

Persian (شادمان / shādmān), from 'shād' (happy) + '-mān' (suffix of quality/state).

Usage

In classical Urdu poetry, 'shādmāñ' often serves as a thematic foil to the suffering lover, representing the carefree world outside grief.

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