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Arabic · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Anqa-e-Maghrib

अंक़ा-ए-मग़रिब

said AN-qaa-e-MAGH-rib

also written: anqa-e-maghrib, phoenix of the west

Meaning

The phoenix of the west; the never-seen bird of legend, an emblem of the utterly rare and unattainable.

Literally: phoenix of the west

See it in the verse

Anqa-e-Maghrib in Iqbal’s couplets

Bahut dekhe hain maine mashriq-o-maghrib ke maikhane
Yahan saaqi nahin paida, wahan be-zauq hai sahba

I have seen many a tavern of the East and the West — here no cup-bearer is born, and there the wine itself is without relish.

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Related words

Anqa

The mythical, never-seen bird of Arabic lore, a byword for something so rare it borders on non-existent.

Simurgh

The great mythical bird of Persian legend, dwelling on the world-mountain and emblem of supreme wisdom.

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