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Persian · noun · The Tavern & the Cup
Jaam-o-Sabu
जाम-ओ-सबू
Meaning
Cup and flagon; the drinking-vessels of the wine-house.
See it in the verse
Jaam-o-Sabu in Iqbal’s couplets
Utha na sheesha-garaan-e-firang ke ehsaan
Safaal-e-Hind se mina-o-jaam paida kar
Do not be indebted to the glassmakers of the foreign land — fashion your goblet and cup from the clay of your own soil.
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