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Mashriq-o-Maghrib
मशरिक़-ओ-मग़रिब
said mash-riq-o-magh-rib
also written: mashriq o maghrib, mashriqo maghrib
Meaning
East and West; the whole world from one horizon to the other, a frequent Iqbalian axis of civilisation.
Literally: mashriq (East) + o (and) + maghrib (West)
See it in the verse
Mashriq-o-Maghrib in Iqbal’s couplets
Bohat dekhe hain main ne mashriq-o-maghrib ke maikhane
Yahan saqi nahin paida wahan be-zauq hai sahba
Yahan saqi nahin paida wahan be-zauq hai sahba
I have seen many a wine-house in both East and West: here no cup-bearer worth the name, there a wine with no savour at all.
Awakening · Self-Knowledge
Khol aankh, zameen dekh, falak dekh, fiza dekh
Mashriq se ubharte hue suraj ko zara dekh
Mashriq se ubharte hue suraj ko zara dekh
Open your eyes — look at the earth, the sky, the open air; just look at the sun rising in the east.
Awakening · Hope
Bahut dekhe hain maine mashriq-o-maghrib ke maikhane
Yahan saaqi nahin paida, wahan be-zauq hai sahba
Yahan saaqi nahin paida, wahan be-zauq hai sahba
I have seen many a tavern of the East and the West — here no cup-bearer is born, and there the wine itself is without relish.
Awakening · Self-Knowledge