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(n.) "hum" as in "you & I" / "we"

"dard" as in "pain"

"dard" as in "pain"

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originates from Persian roots, but found its way into the Urdu vocabulary;

combined together, it possesses a more intimate nature (as with anything that is joined with the prefix "hum") no definitive English equivalent; but the idea is that it means someone who knows exactly what you're going through, who knows the ache you feel because they're in that same pain with you.

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» i read this quote by David Jones, something like “In The End, Even The Stars Choose Destruction Over Life”. there was a haunting truth to it — and it reminded me of me.
for i was once a heavenly, celestial thing too.
i was once an angel. i remember having wings.
and what is it that they say about the best of angels? something about them being the cruelest of demons?
that is what happens when you take a heavenly, celestial thing and destroy all that it holds most dear.
that is what happens when you drag soft people through hell and set aflame all that they once loved.
i now have bowstrings where i once had wings. and my ribcage is built of arrows alight with fury, with wrath—with hellfire.
and every time i breathe, one shoots out—your name engraved on the arrow's head.
my demons were not born. they're a result. «

—Ali Merci © 2019

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