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Gosha-e-chashm

गोशा-ए-चश्म
said go-sha-e-CHASHM
Meaning

The corner of the eye; a sidelong glance cast from the eye's edge.

Literally: corner of the eye

How Iqbal uses it

The slanting look the beloved lets fall from the corner of the eye, charged with meaning; a whole world of feeling passes in that sidelong glance.

See it in the verse

Gosha-e-chashm in Iqbal’s couplets

Nahin is khuli faza mein koi gosha-e-faraghat
Ye jahan ajab jahan hai na qafas na aashiyana
In this open expanse there is no corner of idle rest; this is a strange world, neither a cage nor a nest.
Action · Freedom · Restlessness
Related words
PERSIAN

Gosha

A corner, nook, or secluded recess.

SANSKRIT

Kankhi

A sidelong glance from the corner of the eye.

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