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Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body
Chashm-e-Khoonbaar
चश्म-ए-ख़ूँबार
Meaning
An eye that rains blood; an eye weeping tears of blood.
Literally: blood-raining eye
See it in the verse
Chashm-e-Khoonbaar in Iqbal’s couplets
Keh raha hai mujh se ae joya-e-asrar-e-azal
Chashm-e-dil wa ho to hai taqdeer-e-aalam be-hijab
He says to me: O seeker of the secrets of eternity, if the eye of the heart opens, the destiny of the world stands unveiled.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening · Aspiration
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