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Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Chashm-e-siyah

चश्म-ए-सियाह
Meaning

The black eye; the beloved's dark eyes, an emblem of bewitching beauty.

Literally: the black eye

See it in the verse

Chashm-e-siyah 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
Related words
SANSKRIT

Aankh

Eye.

PERSIAN

Nargisi

Narcissus-like; used of the beloved's languorous, drooping eyes compared to the narcissus flower.

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