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Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Hilaal-e-Abru

हिलाल-ए-अबरू
said hi-laal-e-ab-roo
Meaning

The crescent-moon eyebrow; the brow curved like a new moon.

Literally: crescent of the eyebrow

How Iqbal uses it

The eyebrow drawn as a slender crescent moon completes the lunar imagery of the radiant face; the new-moon brow over the moon-bright cheek.

See it in the verse

Hilaal-e-Abru in Iqbal’s couplets

Teri zindagi isi se teri aabru isi se
Jo rahi khudi to shahi na rahi to ru-siyahi
Your life depends on this, your honour depends on this: if selfhood remains you reign like a king, if it is lost only disgrace remains.
Selfhood · Courage · Self-Knowledge
Related words
PERSIAN

Abru

The eyebrow.

ARABIC

Hilaal

The crescent moon, especially the new or young moon.

PERSIAN

Mah-jabeen

One whose forehead is bright as the moon; a radiant beauty.

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