Arabic · noun · Love & Longing

Shauq

शौक़

Meaning

Ardent desire, eager yearning, passionate enthusiasm.

How Iqbal uses it

Shauq is the eager, forward-leaning hunger of the lover and seeker. Iqbal prizes shauq as the heat that keeps the heart in motion toward its object — a near-cousin of ishq's drive.

See it in the verse

Shauq in Iqbal’s couplets

Mana ki teri deed ke qabil nahin hoon main
Tu mera shauq dekh mera intizar dekh

Granted, I am not yet worthy of the sight of you — but look at my longing, look at how I wait.

Humility · Love · Aspiration

Related words

ARABIC

Talab

Seeking, the craving and demand for the beloved or the goal.

ARABIC

Hasrat

Unfulfilled longing, wistful regret for what is desired but unattained.

PERSIAN

Kashish

Attraction, pull, magnetism, allure.

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