Word Meaning
हसरत-आलूद
hasrat-aalood
Meaning
Steeped in longing, unfulfilled desire, grief, or melancholy.
Detailed Meaning
A compound adjective describing someone or something imbued or stained with unfulfilled longing and grief. In this couplet, it describes 'chashm' (the eye), imagining the tulip's dark center as an eye steeped in the hopeless longing of an extinguished lamp. It captures the melancholic aesthetic of classical Urdu poetry, where signs of mourning are transformed into poetic images.
Etymology
Arabic 'ḥasrat' (regret, unfulfilled desire) + Persian suffix '-ālūd' (smeared, stained, steeped in).
Usage
In ghazal poetry, it is most commonly compounded with 'chashm' (eye) or 'nigaah' (glance) to portray a lover's mournful and yearning look.
Examples
a gaze steeped in longing
the sorrowful sigh of an extinguished candle