Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Visal

विसाल

said vi-SAAL

also written: Visaal,Wisal,Wisaal

Meaning

Union with the beloved — the longed-for consummation that is the counterpart of hijr in ghazal convention.

Literally: meeting, union

Related words

Separation from the beloved; the pain of parting.

Separation and the anguish of parting — a stock theme of the ghazal, near in sense to hijr.

A lyric poem of rhymed couplets sharing a single meter and refrain.