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Gul-e-Rana

गुल-ए-राना

said gul-e-raa-na

Meaning

A lovely two-coloured rose, red on one side and yellow on the other, prized for its beauty.

Literally: the graceful rose

How Iqbal uses it

The gul-e-rana is the especially beautiful, particoloured rose, an emblem of exquisite, almost paradoxical loveliness. It belongs to the garden's heart as the flower the bulbul most ardently sings to and seeks.

See it in the verse

Gul-e-Rana 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.

Hope · Courage · Unity

Related words

PERSIAN

Gulaab

The rose, the central flower of the garden and the object of the nightingale's love.

PERSIAN

Bulbul

The nightingale, the songbird that pours out its longing for the rose in the classical garden lyric.

PERSIAN

Sunbul

The hyacinth, a fragrant flower whose dark, curling tresses are likened to the beloved's hair.

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