Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Gulchin

गुलचीं
said gul-cheen
Meaning

The flower-gatherer who plucks the blooms of the garden.

Literally: rose-picker

Usage & notes

The gulchin can figure the despoiler who strips the garden of its beauty, or simply the one who gathers the harvest of the rose-bed. In the garden allegory of community he is the agent who decides whether the chaman is plundered or cherished.