Word Meaning
हैरत-सरिश्ताँ
hairat-sarishtaañ
Meaning
Those whose innate nature or essence is made of wonder and bewilderment.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound formed of 'hairat' (amazement/wonder) and 'sarisht' (nature/temperament), suffixed with the plural '-aañ' meaning 'those of a bewildered nature'. In Ghalib's poetry, it refers to souls inherently fashioned from bewilderment whose very grief or estrangement still yields purity of heart, much like a mirror polished by dust. It depicts beings consumed by metaphysical astonishment.
Etymology
Arabic 'ḥayrah'/'ḥayrat' (bewilderment) + Persian 'sarisht' (temperament, dough, creation) + Persian plural suffix '-ān'.
Usage
Common in classical Persianized Urdu poetry to describe spiritually intoxicated lovers or thinkers consumed by existential wonder.
Examples
The silent company of those of bewildered nature
A mirror held before those steeped in pure wonder