Bulbul
The nightingale, the songbird that pours out its longing for the rose in the classical garden lyric.
Literally: nightingale
The bulbul is the nightingale that pours out its longing for the rose through the night — the archetypal lover-poet whose song is made of beautiful complaint. Classically it is the voice of yearning that never possesses its beloved. Iqbal frequently casts it as the sweet but passive singer, caged in lament, set against the silent soaring falcon of action; its endless gula (complaint) becomes his figure for an art that feels deeply yet does nothing.
Bulbul in Iqbal’s couplets
Hazaar sajdon se deta hai aadmi ko nijaat
Yahi raha hai azal se qalandaron ka tariq
Hazar maujon ki ho kashakash magar ye dariya se par hoga
Andaleeb
The nightingale, an Arabic-rooted name for the same singing bird that grieves for the rose.
Qumri
The turtle-dove or ring-dove, a garden bird whose cooing is read as a cry of love and longing.
Gul-e-Rana
A lovely two-coloured rose, red on one side and yellow on the other, prized for its beauty.
Gul
Rose; flower.
Shaheen
The royal falcon.