Word Meaning
सरज़द
sarzad
Meaning
Emerging, sprouting forth, or committed/occurring.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu and Persian, 'sarzad' literally means projecting the head, sprouting, or emerging, though in common idiom it often refers to an act or mistake being committed ('sarzad hona'). In this couplet, it is used in its physical and botanical sense of a shoot of green springing up out of the dust. It evokes the poignant fragility of life that has barely sprouted before being trampled.
Etymology
Persian compound formed from 'sar' (head) and 'zad' (past stem of 'zadan', to strike/sprout), literally meaning emerging or projecting outward.
Usage
In classical ghazal poetry it is usually paired with 'hona' to mean either the physical sprouting of vegetation or the occurrence of an error.
Examples
A blade of grass emerging from dust
A mistake committed in haste