Word Meaning
हसरत-बेज़
hasrat-bez
Meaning
Shedding, scattering, or sifting sorrow and unfulfilled longing.
Detailed Meaning
A compound adjective formed from Arabic 'hasrat' (longing, sorrow) and Persian '-bez' (sifting, scattering). In this couplet, it qualifies 'ghirbal' (sieve), evoking an almond-shaped eyelid pierced by cruel gazes so completely that it resembles a sieve sifting pure grief. It illustrates physical perforation transformed into an emotional filter of unending yearning.
Etymology
Arabic 'hasrat' (regret, unfulfilled longing) + Persian '-bēz' (present stem of bekhtan, meaning to sift or scatter).
Usage
Common in classical Persianate Urdu ghazals to describe an object, wound, or gaze continually pouring forth or filtering profound sorrow.
Examples
The weeping eye became a vessel shedding unfulfilled sorrow.
A heart turned into a sieve sifting bitter regret.