Mirza Muhammad Rafi Saudaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Sauda was the leading Urdu poet of his time. His name Mirza Muhammad Rafi. Sauda was born in A.H. 1125 [1713-14]. His accomplishments were a cause of pride to the city of Delhi. His father Mirzā Muḥammad Shafī was from the aristocratic family of Kabul. His ancestors were soldiers by profession. Mirzā Shafī came to India by means of trade. According to some, he got his pen-name 'Sauda' from his father's profession (saudāgar). "But the truth is that the poets of Asia, in every country, live and breathe through love; and saudā [=madness] and dīvānagī [=madness] are born together with love. Thus madness too is a cause of pride to lovers. So with regard to this he chose 'Saudā' as his pen-name, and thanks to saudāgarī [=merchandising] the verbal device of punning came as a 'special free offer' into his poetry."