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Persian · adverb · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Saal-ha-Saal
सालहा-साल
said
saal-haa-saal
also written: Salha Sal
Meaning
Year after year; for many years on end.
See it in the verse
Saal-ha-Saal in Iqbal’s couplets
Hazaron saal nargis apni be-noori pe roti hai
Badi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein deedavar paida
For thousands of years the narcissus weeps over its own sightlessness — only with great difficulty is a truly seeing one born in the garden.
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