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dil-nawaz(m): caring, considerate

Description of dil-nawaz: Dil-nawaz is an Urdu compound word meaning "heart-soothing" or "one who wins the heart," derived from dil and nawaz . Unlike harsher terms like dil-shikan that break the heart, it evokes gentle comfort and endearment. Differs from dilbar by emphasizing soothing consolation over romantic attraction. In poetic Sufi literature, it portrays transcendent love, as in Rahat Ara Begum's tale of a slave girl's spiritual journey through seven stages of divine

1 / 1: dil-nawaz

woh dil-nawaz hai, lekin nazar-shanas nahi

mera ilaaj mere charagar

ke paas nain

my beloved is caring

but not discerning

the cure for my ailment

my healer doesn't have

Nasir Kazmi (9)

dil-nawaz (m) (1)

caring, considerate

nazar-shanas (1)

discerning, discriminating

ilaaj (m) (5)

cure, treatment

charagar (m) (1)

doctor, healer

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