Persian · adjective · Love & Longing
Gul-Izaar
गुल-इज़ार
said gul-i-zaar
also written: Gul-aariz, Gul-izar
Meaning
Rose-cheeked; having cheeks blooming like roses.
Literally: rose-cheeked
How Iqbal uses it
Gul-izaar fixes the rose on the cheek itself; the blooming rukhsaar that the lover reads as a garden in a single face.
See it in the verse
Gul-Izaar in Iqbal’s couplets
Khuda agar dil-e-fitrat-shanaas de tujh ko
Sukoot-e-laala-o-gul se kalaam paida kar
Sukoot-e-laala-o-gul se kalaam paida kar
If God gives you a heart that can read Nature, then draw speech out of the silence of the tulip and the rose.
Self-Knowledge · Aspiration · Awakening
Shakh-e-gul par chahak wa-lekin
Kar apni khudi mein aashiyana
Kar apni khudi mein aashiyana
Sing, by all means, on the rose-branch — but build your nest within your own selfhood.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge
Safina-e-barg-e-gul bana lega qafila mor-e-na-tawan ka
Hazar maujon ki ho kashakash magar ye dariya se par hoga
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