Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Gardish-e-charkh
गर्दिश-ए-चर्ख़
said gar-dish-e-CHARKH
Meaning
The turning of the heavens; the revolving wheel of the sky that governs fortune.
Literally: rotation of the sphere
How Iqbal uses it
The wheeling sky is blamed for the reversals of fate; the gardish-e-charkh raises some and casts down others, indifferent to human hope.
See it in the verse
Gardish-e-charkh in Iqbal’s couplets
Digar-gun hai jahan taron ki gardish tez hai saqi
Dil-e-har-zarra mein ghaugha-e-rusta-khez hai saqi
Dil-e-har-zarra mein ghaugha-e-rusta-khez hai saqi
The world is changing, the wheeling of the stars is swift; in the heart of every atom there is the tumult of a rising.
Awakening · Hope · Restlessness
Ragon mein gardish-e-khun hai agar to kya hasil
Hayat soz-e-jigar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
Hayat soz-e-jigar ke siwa kuchh aur nahin
If blood merely circulates in your veins, what of it? Life is nothing but the burning of the heart.
Love · Awakening · Restlessness