Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Koft-e-jaan

कोफ़्त-ए-जाँ

said koft-e-jaan

Meaning

Weariness and vexation of soul, the bruising fatigue that wears down the very spirit.

Literally: affliction of the soul

How Iqbal uses it

Koft-e-jaan is vexation that reaches past the heart into the soul, a soreness of spirit. It names the deep weariness of one harassed beyond mere annoyance into a fatigue of the self.

See it in the verse

Koft-e-jaan in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah buland, sukhan dilnawaz, jaan pur-soz
Yahi hai rakht-e-safar mir-e-karvan ke liye

A lofty gaze, speech that wins the heart, a soul that burns with feeling — this alone is the travelling kit a caravan's leader needs.

Leadership · Aspiration

Related words

PERSIAN

Koft

Vexation, weariness, and inner soreness, the dull pained irritation of a heart worn down and aching.

ARABIC

Malaal

Melancholy, weariness of spirit; regret.

PERSIAN

Be-zaari

Disgust, weariness, and aversion, the heart's vexed turning-away in distaste from something or someone.

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