Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Be-niyaazi

बेनियाज़ी
said be-ni-yaa-zee
Meaning

Indifference and freedom from need, the proud heart's serene aloofness from want or supplication.

Literally: want of need, independence

Usage & notes

Be-niyaazi is the heart that needs nothing and asks nothing, a sovereign indifference. When ascribed to the beloved it wounds the lover with cool aloofness; as an attribute of the self Iqbal admires the dignified independence of a soul that will not beg.