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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Sabz-e-Nau

सब्ज़-ए-नौ
Meaning

The new green; fresh young verdure of early spring.

Literally: new green

How Iqbal uses it

The sabz-e-nau pushing up after the rains is the garden's answer to the long ruin of winter.

See it in the verse

Sabz-e-Nau in Iqbal’s couplets

Abhi tak aadmi sayd-e-zaboon-e-shahryari hai
Qayamat hai ki insaan nau-e-insaan ka shikari hai
Even now, the human being is the wretched prey of the rule of kings — it is a catastrophe that one human still hunts another.
Justice · Awakening
Related words
PERSIAN

Sabza

Greenery, fresh young verdure and grass springing up in the garden.

PERSIAN

Nau-bahaar

Early spring or the first bloom of the season.

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