Meaning
Simplicity, plainness, artlessness, innocence of guile.
How Iqbal uses it
Unaffected simplicity, prized as sincerity, though saadgi can also name a charming naivety in the beloved.
See it in the verse
Saadgi in Iqbal’s couplets
Tere ishq ki intiha chahta hun
Meri sadgi dekh kya chahta hun
Meri sadgi dekh kya chahta hun
I long for the very limit of Your love — look at my simplicity, see what I dare to ask.
Love · Aspiration · Restlessness
Tere ishq ki inteha chahta hoon
Meri sadgi dekh, kya chahta hoon
Meri sadgi dekh, kya chahta hoon
I long for the very furthest reach of your love — look at my simplicity, look at what I dare to ask for.
Love · Aspiration