Meaning
Spring, the season of bloom and renewal when the garden returns to life.
Usage & notes
Bahaar is Iqbal's great image of communal flourishing and rebirth, the springtime of a people when the dead garden bursts again into colour and song. It stands against the autumn of decline, promising that withered nations and souls can blossom anew.
Related words
PERSIAN
Khizaan
Autumn, the season of withering when leaves fall and the garden fades.
ARABIC
Fasl
A season, or the harvest of a season; a span of crop and weather.
PERSIAN
Sabza
Greenery, fresh young verdure and grass springing up in the garden.
PERSIAN
Sahn-e-Chaman
The open courtyard or expanse of the garden, the level ground where the flowers grow.