Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden
Koh / Kohsar
कोह / कोहसार
said koh
also written: kohsar, kohistani, pahar
Meaning
Mountain.
How Iqbal uses it
The falcon's chosen hard home and the forge of the self. He casts the man of the mountains as one of nature's guardians, and pictures the falcon eking out its life in “mountain and wasteland” because nest-building is a humiliation for it.
See it in the verse
Koh / Kohsar in Iqbal’s couplets
Ai himala ai fasil-e-kishwar-e-hindustan
Chumta hai teri peshani ko jhuk kar aasman
Chumta hai teri peshani ko jhuk kar aasman
O Himalaya, O rampart of the land of India, the sky bends down to kiss your brow.
Humility · Self-Knowledge
Guzar-auqat kar leta hai ye koh o bayaban mein
Ki shahin ke liye zillat hai kar-e-ashiyan-bandi
Ki shahin ke liye zillat hai kar-e-ashiyan-bandi
It makes its living among mountains and wilderness, for to the falcon the building of a comfortable nest is a disgrace.
The Falcon · Freedom · Adversity