Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Sarmastiyaan

सरमस्तियाँ
said sar-mas-ti-yaan
Meaning

Raptures of intoxicated ecstasy, the plural surges of headlong drunken joy in the heart.

Literally: intoxications, ecstasies

Usage & notes

This plural intensifies sarmasti into recurring waves of ecstasy. Iqbal turns such intoxications away from the tavern toward the rapture of a self drunk on love of God and the wine of selfhood.