Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Marsia
मर्सिया
said MAR-si-yaa
also written: Marsiya,Marsiyah,Marthiya
Meaning
An elegy, especially the long narrative lament commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Husain at Karbala.
Literally: a dirge, lamentation for the dead
Related words
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Noha
A short elegiac lament sung in mourning, especially for the martyrs of Karbala.
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Masnavi
A long narrative or didactic poem in independently rhyming couplets.
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Musaddas
A poem in six-line stanzas, each stanza rhyming AAAABB; a form used for grand narrative and reflective verse, famously by Hali.