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Chashm-e-khumaar

चश्म-ए-ख़ुमार
Meaning

The languorous, wine-heavy eye; the beloved's drowsy, intoxicated gaze.

Literally: the drowsy eye

See it in the verse

Chashm-e-khumaar 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.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Chashm-e-Mast

The intoxicated eye; the languorous, wine-drowsed eye of the beloved.

PERSIAN

Khumar

The languor of intoxication, the heavy-lidded drowsiness; used of the beloved's wine-drunk eyes and the lover's love-daze.

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