Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Sarapa

सरापा
said sar-aa-paa
Meaning

A head-to-foot description of the beloved's beauty; the body or person in its entirety.

Literally: from sar (head) + paa (foot)

Usage & notes

In the ghazal tradition the sarapa catalogues the beloved's features feature by feature, and Iqbal inherits this lexicon while often redirecting it from the human beloved toward the Divine or the ideal Self.