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Khirman-e-Gul

ख़िर्मन-ए-गुल
Meaning

The harvest of roses; a heaped abundance of blossom.

Literally: rose-harvest

How Iqbal uses it

The khirman-e-gul of full spring is gathered only to be scattered, its very plenty foretelling the autumn rick of ash.

See it in the verse

Khirman-e-Gul in Iqbal’s couplets

Safina-e-barg-e-gul bana lega qafila mor-e-na-tawan ka
Hazar maujon ki ho kashakash magar ye dariya se par hoga
The caravan of feeble ants will make a boat of a rose petal; though a thousand waves clash against it, this boat will cross the river.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Khirman

A harvest-heap, a threshing-floor stacked with the gathered, reaped grain.

PERSIAN

Gul

Rose; flower.

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