Word Meaning
सौदे
saude
Meaning
A bargain, commercial transaction, trade, or purchase deal.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'sauda' frequently denotes a transaction or exchange, especially metaphorically in matters of the heart. In this verse, it refers to the perilous bargain of desiring beautiful beloveds, a transaction that inevitably costs the lover their very life. It can also evoke a clever wordplay with its homonym meaning melancholy passion or madness.
Etymology
From Persian 'saudā' (سودا), meaning traffic, trade, marketing; influenced in poetic usage by Arabic 'sawdā' (black bile, melancholic madness).
Usage
Poets frequently employ 'sauda' for double meaning (īhām), playing on both commercial exchange and the mad passion of love.
Examples
In this bargain, the heart was lost entirely.
The trade of love demands one's very soul.