Persian · adjective · Qualities & Descriptions
bedaar
बेदार
said be-DAAR
also written: bedar
Meaning
Awake; awakened; vigilant.
How Iqbal uses it
A favourite image: the awakened self and awakened community.
See it in the verse
bedaar in Iqbal’s couplets
Uqabi rooh jab bedar hoti hai jawanon mein
Nazar aati hai un ko apni manzil aasmanon mein
Nazar aati hai un ko apni manzil aasmanon mein
When the eagle's spirit awakens in the young, they begin to see their destination up among the skies.
Youth · The Falcon · Awakening
Mohabbat hi se payi hai shifa beemar qaumon ne
Kiya hai apne bakht-e-khufta ko bedar qaumon ne
Kiya hai apne bakht-e-khufta ko bedar qaumon ne
It is by love that ailing peoples have found their cure — by love that peoples have woken their sleeping fortune.
Love · Unity · Hope
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