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Paimaana-e-umr

पैमाना-ए-उम्र
said pai-maa-na-e-UMR
Meaning

The measure of one's life; the cup of allotted lifespan, filling toward its end.

Literally: measure of life

How Iqbal uses it

Life is a measuring-cup that fills drop by drop until it brims and is done; when the paimaana is full, the appointed span is over.

See it in the verse

Paimaana-e-umr in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ke saaz mein hai umr-e-javidan ka suragh
Khudi ke soz se roshan hain ummaton ke charagh
Within the music of selfhood lies the trace of an everlasting life — and it is by the burning of selfhood that the lamps of whole peoples are lit.
Selfhood · Leadership · Hope
Related words
PERSIAN

Paimaana

A wine-cup or measure; a goblet of the mystic's drink.

ARABIC

Umr

Lifespan, the length of one's life; age.

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