Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Garmi-e-josh

गर्मी-ए-जोश

said gar-mee-e-josh

Meaning

The heat of fervour, the boiling warmth of zeal and passionate excitement in the heart.

Literally: warmth of fervour

How Iqbal uses it

Garmi-e-josh doubles heat upon boiling, the fervent warmth of a heart at full passion. Iqbal celebrates such ardour as the very temperature of a vital self, the inner heat that powers great striving and resists the chill of apathy.

See it in the verse

Garmi-e-josh 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

PERSIAN

Josh

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

PERSIAN

Garmi

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

ARABIC

Walwala

Fervour, surging enthusiasm, an upwelling of passionate zeal.

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