Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art
Husn-e-Matla
हुस्न-ए-मतला
said HUSN-e-MAT-laa
also written: Husne Matla,Husn-e-Matlaa
Meaning
A second opening couplet in a ghazal that also carries the qafia and radif in both lines, following the first matla.
Literally: beauty of the opening
See it in the verse
Husn-e-Matla in Iqbal’s couplets
Ishq bhi ho hijab mein husn bhi ho hijab mein
Ya to khud aashkar ho ya mujhe aashkar kar
Ya to khud aashkar ho ya mujhe aashkar kar
Love is veiled and beauty too is veiled; either reveal yourself, or make me one who can be revealed.
Love · Self-Knowledge · Restlessness
Miri mashshatgi ki kya zarurat husn-e-mani ko
Ki fitrat khud-ba-khud karti hai laale ki hina-bandi
Ki fitrat khud-ba-khud karti hai laale ki hina-bandi
What need has true beauty of meaning for my adorning hand? Nature, all on its own, paints the tulip red.
Self-Knowledge · Humility · Action