Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Baaraan

बाराँ
said baa-raan
also written: Baran, baran, baarish, rain
Meaning

Rain, the water that falls from the clouds to quicken the earth.

Literally: rain, rainfall

Usage & notes

Baaraan is the rain — the falling water of the cloud, classically the descent of mercy and bounty that revives the dead earth and brings the garden into bloom ('baaran-e-rahmat,' the rain of mercy). It is grace made liquid, longed for in drought. Iqbal uses the rain as the outpoured generosity that quickens the seed and the soul, the heaven's gift that turns barren ground green — the answer to the parched self's thirst.