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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden
Abr-e-Tar
अब्र-ए-तर
Meaning
A moisture-laden cloud heavy with rain.
Literally: wet cloud
See it in the verse
Abr-e-Tar in Iqbal’s couplets
Tu bacha bacha ke na rakh ise tera aaina hai wo aaina
ke shikasta ho to aziz-tar hai nigah-e-aaina-saaz mein
Do not keep your mirror anxiously protected — yours is the kind of mirror that, even when shattered, is dearer in the eyes of its maker.
Courage · Selfhood · Adversity
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