Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems
Bulbul-e-Shoreeda
बुलबुल-ए-शोरीदा
said bul-bul-e-sho-REE-da
Meaning
The distracted or love-maddened nightingale.
Usage & notes
The bulbul-e-shoreeda, the nightingale frenzied with love for the rose, is the very type of the impassioned poet-lover singing his longing; Iqbal both inherits this figure and at times chides its endless lament, urging song that builds rather than merely grieves.