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Neem-baaz

नीमबाज़
Meaning

Half-open, ajar (esp. of drowsy or languid eyes).

Literally: half-open

How Iqbal uses it

true

See it in the verse

Neem-baaz in Iqbal’s couplets

Mujhe aah-o-fughan-e-nim-shab ka phir payam aaya
Tham ai rah-rau ki shayad phir koi mushkil maqam aaya
The cry of the midnight again brought me its message: pause, traveller, for perhaps another hard pass has arrived.
Adversity · Courage · Awakening
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