Persian · phrase · Poetry, Speech & Art
Naqsh-e-Faryadi
नक़्श-ए-फ़रियादी
said naqsh-e-far-yaa-di
also written: naqsh e faryadi, naqshe faryadi, naqsh-e-fariyadi
Meaning
The complaining image; the created form that cries out against its Maker, from Ghalib's famous opening couplet.
Literally: naqsh (image, painting) + faryadi (complainant, one who laments)
How Iqbal uses it
Borrowed from Ghalib's celebrated first sher; the very picture of creation lodges a complaint at being brought into being.
See it in the verse
Naqsh-e-Faryadi in Iqbal’s couplets
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, naqsh-gar-e-haadsat
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, asl-e-hayat-o-mamat
Silsila-e-roz-o-shab, asl-e-hayat-o-mamat
The chain of day and night is the sculptor of all events; the chain of day and night is the root of life and of death.
Action · Self-Knowledge
Sultani-e-jamhur ka aata hai zamana
Jo naqsh-e-kuhan tum ko nazar aae miTa do
Jo naqsh-e-kuhan tum ko nazar aae miTa do
The age of the people's rule is arriving; whatever old patterns you still see, wipe them away.
Freedom · Awakening · Justice
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