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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Gul-e-Nafrin

गुल-ए-नसरीन

said gul-e-nas-REEN

also written: gul-e-nasrin, dog rose

Meaning

The wild dog-rose; a pale, fragrant single rose of the hedgerow.

Literally: wild rose flower

See it in the verse

Gul-e-Nafrin 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

Nasreen

A kind of wild white rose, the fragrant dog-rose of Persian gardens.

Gul

Rose; flower.

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