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Kohan-saal

कोहनसाल
Meaning

Aged, ancient, of great age.

Literally: old of years

How Iqbal uses it

true

See it in the verse

Kohan-saal in Iqbal’s couplets

Hazaron saal nargis apni be-noori pe roti hai
Badi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein deedavar paida
For thousands of years the narcissus weeps over its own sightlessness — only with great difficulty is a truly seeing one born in the garden.
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