A thorn, the sharp companion of the rose and the pricking obstacle of the path.
Literally: thorn
The khaar is the thorn — the rose's inseparable companion, classical emblem of the pain that comes bound to beauty, of the obstacle in the lover's path, and of the hurt that guards the flower; 'gul aur khaar,' rose and thorn, name beauty and its attendant suffering as one. Iqbal uses the thorn for the necessary hardship woven into beauty and striving, the pain that is not the enemy of the rose but its protector and price — even the thorn earns its place in the garden by guarding the bloom.
Gulaab
The rose, the central flower of the garden and the object of the nightingale's love.
Aashiyan
A bird's nest, the small home woven of straw to which the bird returns.
Bahaar
Spring, the season of bloom and renewal when the garden returns to life.
Gul
Rose; flower.
Chaman
Garden.
Sahra / Dasht
Desert, wilderness, open wasteland.