Uzalud Here

Unrequited love as the ultimate "uzalud"—the energy spent on someone who does not return it.

ethics as aesthetics in the prose of Danilo Kiš Nedeljkovic, M. - CORE uzalud

A great essay often ends by subverting the title. Perhaps nothing is truly uzalud if it changes the person who did the acting. Unrequited love as the ultimate "uzalud"—the energy spent