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Meanings of the words in the verse — lafz dar lafz.

  • aagfire
  • aansutears
  • aarzulonging, wish, desire
  • aashiqlover, one who loves
  • afsaanastory, fiction, fable
  • armaanyearning, cherished desire
  • bahaarspring; bloom, flourishing
  • bewafaunfaithful, disloyal
  • bulbulnightingale (the lover of the rose)
  • chamangarden
  • chaandmoon
  • charaaghlamp, light
  • dardpain, ache; the sweet ache of love
  • dariyariver; sea
  • deewaanamadman; one driven mad by love
  • dilheart
  • duaprayer, blessing
  • duniyathe world, worldly life
  • fanaaannihilation; dissolving of the self
  • fasaanatale, story
  • firaaqseparation (from the beloved)
  • ghamsorrow, grief
  • ghubaardust, haze; pent-up grief
  • gulrose, flower
  • hijrseparation (from the beloved)
  • husnbeauty
  • intezaarwaiting, expectation
  • ishqlove, passion
  • jafacruelty, unkindness, faithlessness
  • jahaanthe world
  • jamaalbeauty, grace
  • junoonfrenzy, madness (of love)
  • justujuquest, search, longing
  • kafanshroud, burial cloth
  • khaakdust, ashes, earth
  • khudaGod
  • khushboofragrance, scent
  • khwaabdream
  • manzildestination, goal
  • mautdeath
  • mazaartomb, shrine
  • mehfilgathering, assembly
  • musaafirtraveller, wayfarer
  • naseebfortune, lot, destiny
  • nazarglance, sight, gaze
  • nigaahgaze, glance, look
  • noorlight, radiance
  • paimaanawine-cup; a measure
  • parwaanamoth (that burns itself on the flame); the devoted lover
  • phoolflower
  • raahpath, road, way
  • raatnight
  • roshnilight, brightness
  • saaqicupbearer; the one who pours the wine
  • sabrpatience, endurance
  • safarjourney, travel
  • sahardawn, daybreak
  • samandarsea, ocean
  • shabnight
  • shahrcity, town
  • sukhanspeech; poetry, the word
  • tanhaaisolitude, loneliness
  • taqdeerfate, destiny
  • umeedhope, expectation
  • vafafidelity, faithfulness
  • vatanhomeland, native country
  • visaalunion, meeting with the beloved
  • yaadmemory, remembrance
  • zabaantongue; language
  • zindagilife