Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Garmi-e-mahfil

गर्मी-ए-महफ़िल

said gar-mee-e-mah-fil

Meaning

The warmth and liveliness of a gathering, the glowing animation that enlivens an assembly of hearts.

Literally: warmth of the gathering

How Iqbal uses it

Garmi-e-mahfil is the heat of a lively company, the shared ardour that makes a gathering glow. Iqbal can use it for the kindling warmth of fellowship and fervour, the collective heat that rouses a community of hearts.

See it in the verse

Garmi-e-mahfil 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.

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Related words

PERSIAN

Garmi

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

PERSIAN

Josh

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

ARABIC

Walwala

Fervour, surging enthusiasm, an upwelling of passionate zeal.

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