Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Jam-e-Jam

जाम-ए-जम

said jaam-e-jam

also written: jam-e-jamshed, jaam-e-jam, jam-e-giti-numa

Meaning

The cup of Jamshed in which the whole world could be seen; emblem of all-revealing vision and mystic insight.

Literally: cup of Jam

See it in the verse

Jam-e-Jam 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.

Selfhood · Freedom · Action

Related words

PERSIAN

Jamshed

The legendary fourth king of the Pishdadian dynasty in Persian myth, whose splendid reign and famous world-revealing cup made him the type of glorious kingship before his fall through pride.

PERSIAN

Saaghar

A large wine-cup or goblet; a classic vessel of the tavern symbolism.

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