Urdunama Podcast | Junoon in Urdu Poetry: Meaning, Madness, and Purpose

Junoon is often translated as passion or madness. Urdu poetry suggests something more complex.

Junoon is often translated as passion or madness, but in Urdu poetry it carries layered, sometimes conflicting meanings. For poets like Mirza Ghalib, junoon is dangerous if exposed or fully unpacked. It then becomes a force so raw that it can undo the self.