सहर-गह

Meaning

At dawn, morning-time, or the break of day.

Detailed Meaning

A temporal compound referring to the time of dawn or morning. In classical Urdu poetry, this moment is associated with the melancholy sighs of the lover or the quiet revealing of night's tragedies in the garden. In this couplet, it sets the early morning scene where the speaker inquires after the condition of the bulbul.

Etymology

Arabic 'sahar' (dawn) combined with Persian temporal suffix '-gah' (time, period).

Usage

Commonly invoked in the ghazal to establish the melancholic setting of dawn, when overnight grief meets the indifference of daybreak.

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