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Yaas-o-umeed
यास-ओ-उमीद
also written: Yas-o-umeed
Meaning
Despair and hope together; the lover's swing between hopelessness and expectation.
Literally: despair and hope
How Iqbal uses it
The oscillation that defines the waiting lover, now sunk in yaas, now lifted by umeed; the very pulse of a heart kept alive by an uncertain beloved.
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