Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Zulf-e-Pareshaan

ज़ुल्फ़-ए-परेशाँ
said zulf-e-pa-re-shaan
Meaning

Disheveled tresses; scattered, loosened locks.

Literally: scattered curls

Usage & notes

The loosened, scattered zulf is at once the height of careless beauty and an image of the lover's own disordered, distracted state; the curl's disarray mirrors the heart's.