Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Nargis

नर्गिस
said NAR-gis
Meaning

The narcissus — a flower whose bloom resembles an eye.

How Iqbal uses it

His image for how rare true vision is. “For a thousand years the narcissus weeps over its own sightlessness; only with great difficulty is one with real sight born in the garden.” The flower that looks like an eye yet cannot see.