Word Meaning
शोरीदा-सर
shorīda-sar
Meaning
Frenzied, lovesick, or mad; one with a disturbed, agitated mind.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning 'disturbed head', 'shorida-sar' describes an individual driven to frenzy, madness, or ecstatic distraction by passionate love. In the cited couplet, it denotes the lover's impassioned, reckless head, upon which he defiantly binds a shroud in readiness to be slain by the beloved's sword of cruelty.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'shōrīdah' (distraught, agitated, enamored; from shōrīdan) and 'sar' (head).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazals, 'shorida-sar' evokes the archetype of the tragic lover whose sublime madness elevates him beyond fear of death.
Examples
The shorida-sar wanderer roamed the wilderness oblivious to the world.
None could reason with the shorida-sar lover yearning for martyrdom.