Word Meaning
सर-गश्ता
sar-gashta
Meaning
Wandering aimlessly, bewildered, dizzy, perplexed, or confounded.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning one whose head is spinning, 'sar-gashta' refers to someone who is bewildered, distraught, or wandering aimlessly. In this couplet by Mir Taqi Mir, it portrays the lover wandering restlessly like the morning breeze in the garden of the world, consumed by a restless search for the beloved.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'sar' (head) and 'gashta' (turned, revolved, wandering).
Usage
Commonly used in classical ghazal to depict the lover's frantic, wandering state through deserts or gardens in search of the elusive beloved.
Examples
sar-gashta-e-dasht-e-wafa (wandering bewildered in the desert of fidelity)
dil-e-sar-gashta ko aaraam na aaya (the restless wandering heart found no peace)