Word Meaning
हुक्म-जारी
hukm-jaari
Meaning
Issuance of a decree; an operative or enforced order.
Detailed Meaning
Literally denotes the promulgation or coming into force of an official legal decree. In this couplet, it evokes a courtroom metaphor where the court of love formally summons witnesses and commands the lover to weep as proof. The lover's tears are presented not merely as spontaneous grief, but as mandatory testimony enforced by a higher order.
Etymology
Arabic: 'ḥukm' (command, judgement) + 'jārī' (flowing, operative, in force).
Usage
Commonly used in ghazal poetry within juridical or royal motifs to depict love or fate as an unyielding court that imposes inevitable grief on the lover.
Examples
The operative decree was proclaimed across the town.
A formal command was issued for the witnesses to appear.