Persian · noun · Character & Virtue

Sadgi

सादगी

also written: Saadgi

Meaning

Simplicity, artlessness, naive sincerity.

How Iqbal uses it

Opening 'Tere ishq ki inteha', Iqbal points to his own sadgi, the disarming simplicity of a lover who asks for the very utmost of love's trial, presenting innocence and audacity as one gesture.

See it in the verse

Sadgi in Iqbal’s couplets

Tere ishq ki inteha 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

Related words

SANSKRIT

Bholpan

Innocence, naivety, guileless simplicity.

ARABIC

Ikhlaas

Sincerity, purity of intention, devotion done purely for God's sake.

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