Word Meaning
शोला-बार
shola-baar
Meaning
Flame-raining, scattering or emitting fire, intensely fiery.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning 'flame-raining' or 'shedding fire', it functions as a compound adjective describing anything emitting extreme heat or embers. In this couplet, it qualifies the lover's breath ('nafas'), depicting passionate sighs that scorch without fully consuming the sufferer. It underscores the tragic incompleteness of a lingering, agonizing fire of love that burns perpetually rather than ending in swift annihilation.
Etymology
Compound of Arabic 'shu'lah' (flame, blaze) and the Persian suffix '-bār' (raining, showering, from bāridan).
Usage
Regularly employed in classical ghazal to dramatize the lethal, incendiary power of a lover's sighs and inner grief.
Examples
the flame-showering sigh of the wounded heart
the blazing heat of a fiery breath