शरर-बार

Meaning

Spark-raining, scattering sparks, fiery, or producing sparks.

Detailed Meaning

Literally translating to 'spark-raining', this compound adjective describes something that showers sparks or spews fire. In Urdu poetry, it commonly qualifies a lover's sighs ('aah') or laments ('naala'), emphasizing an inner emotional anguish so fierce that it literally burns. In this couplet, it describes the lover's cries emitting sparks of grief, leading onlookers to mistake him for a Zoroastrian fire-worshipper.

Etymology

Arabic 'sharar' (spark) + Persian suffix '-baar' (raining, pouring, scattering).

Usage

A poetic hyperbole frequently compounded with words like 'aah' or 'naala' to magnify the physical and emotional burning of love.

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