Word Meaning
हौसला
hausla
Meaning
Capacity, endurance, fortitude, courage, or ambition.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'hausla' denotes inner fortitude, courage, or emotional capacity. In this verse, 'ijz-e-hausla' signifies the helplessness and exhaustion of one's endurance when confronting the anguish of consciousness without wine. It subtly draws upon both the physical vessel's capacity and the spiritual endurance of the heart.
Etymology
Arabic حَوْصَلَة (ḥawṣala), originally denoting the crop of a bird, figuratively extended in Persian and Urdu to capacity, stomach, and courage.
Usage
In the ghazal, it is often paired with themes of wine and vessel capacity, or contrasted with 'ijz' (weakness) to measure the lover's ability to endure suffering.
Examples
The courage to endure the grief of love.
His ambition and inner capacity surpassed all bounds.