Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Garmi

गर्मी

said gar-mee

Meaning

Warmth or heat, used for the ardour and burning intensity of feeling in the heart.

Literally: heat, warmth

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal speaks of the garmi of longing and conviction, the inner heat that distinguishes a living faith from a cold one. Warmth of feeling, for him, is the temperature of a self that truly burns.

See it in the verse

Garmi in Iqbal’s couplets

Tere seene mein dam hai, dil nahin hai
Tera dam garmi-e-mahfil nahin hai

There is breath in your chest, but no heart. Your breath carries none of the warmth that lights up a gathering.

Awakening · Selfhood · Love

Related words

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Soz

Burning; inner fire, fervour, pathos.

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Josh

Boiling fervour, the surging heat of passion, zeal, or excitement in the heart.

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Tab-o-taab

Heat and restlessness; the burning agitation of an ardent heart.

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