Persian · noun, feminine · The Tavern & the Cup
Mai-noshi
मय-नोशी
said mai-no-shee
also written: Mainoshi
Meaning
Wine-drinking, the act of quaffing wine; figuratively, partaking of divine love.
Literally: wine-drinking
How Iqbal uses it
A near-synonym for mai-kashi, mai-noshi names the loving consumption of the cup of the spirit. In the symbolic register it is the soul's drinking-in of divine grace.
See it in the verse
Mai-noshi in Iqbal’s couplets
Kya dabdaba-e-nadir kya shaukat-e-taimuri
Ho jaate hain sab daftar gharq-e-mai-e-naab aakhir
Ho jaate hain sab daftar gharq-e-mai-e-naab aakhir
What of Nadir's dread power, what of Timur's splendour? In the end every such record is drowned in the pure wine of time.
Humility · Self-Knowledge · Adversity
Main shakh-e-tak hun meri ghazal hai mera samar
Mere samar se mai-e-lala-fam paida kar
Mere samar se mai-e-lala-fam paida kar
I am a branch of the vine, my song is my fruit; from that fruit press out the tulip-red wine.
Action · Aspiration · Youth