Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Bayaabaan

बयाबान

said ba-yaa-BAAN

also written: Biyaban

Meaning

A wilderness, desert, or trackless waste.

How Iqbal uses it

The bayaabaan, the howling wilderness, is the testing ground of the lover and the seeker, the place where Majnun wanders and the caravan is lost; Iqbal's wilderness is harsh yet liberating, the open opposite of the enclosing cage.

See it in the verse

Bayaabaan in Iqbal’s couplets

Guzar-auqat kar leta hai ye koh o bayaban mein
Ki shahin ke liye zillat hai kar-e-ashiyan-bandi

It makes its living among mountains and wilderness, for to the falcon the building of a comfortable nest is a disgrace.

The Falcon · Freedom · Adversity

Related words

PERSIAN

Sahra / Dasht

Desert, wilderness, open wasteland.

ARABIC

Baadiya

A desert or wilderness, the open, uninhabited wasteland.

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