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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Gul-afshaani

गुल-अफ़शानी

also written: Gul-afshani

Meaning

The scattering of flowers, as in welcome or celebration; profuse blossoming.

Literally: flower-scattering

How Iqbal uses it

Gul-afshaani greets the beloved's arrival and stands for any speech or act that spills beauty as freely as a tree drops petals.

See it in the verse

Gul-afshaani in Iqbal’s couplets

Safina-e-barg-e-gul bana lega qafila mor-e-na-tawan ka
Hazar maujon ki ho kashakash magar ye dariya se par hoga

The caravan of feeble ants will make a boat of a rose petal; though a thousand waves clash against it, this boat will cross the river.

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Related words

Gauhar-afshaan

Pearl-scattering; eloquent, strewing words like jewels.

Gul-rez

Flower-scattering; strewing roses, hence lavishly beautiful or generous.

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