Sanskrit · noun · The Heart & the Body

Tarap

तड़प

Meaning

Writhing, throbbing; restless yearning or anguish.

How Iqbal uses it

Tarap is the body-and-soul writhing of intense desire that Iqbal cherishes, the throb that proves a heart on fire; he sets this living anguish far above the numb comfort of the unmoved.

See it in the verse

Tarap in Iqbal’s couplets

Kabhi ai haqeeqat-e-muntazir nazar aa libas-e-majaz mein
Ki hazaron sajde tarap rahe hain meri jabeen-e-niyaz mein

O long-awaited Truth, show yourself once in the dress of the visible — for a thousand prostrations are stirring restlessly on my brow of longing.

Love · Aspiration · Restlessness

Related words

ARABIC

Iztiraab

Restlessness, agitation, anxiety.

PERSIAN

Betaabi

Impatience, restless eagerness; want of endurance.

SANSKRIT

Tarapna

To writhe and throb with restless longing or pain, the heart fluttering in anguish.

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