Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Saman

समन

said sa-man

also written: Yasmin

Meaning

Jasmine, the fragrant white flower; also a byword for whiteness and softness.

How Iqbal uses it

Saman names the jasmine and the soft white beauty it stands for, its bosom-like whiteness a figure for tenderness. It belongs to the fragrant company of garden flowers that adorn the imagery of beauty and spring.

See it in the verse

Saman in Iqbal’s couplets

Qalb o nazar ki zindagi dasht mein subh ka samaan
Chashma-e-aftab se nuur ki naddiyan ravaan

The life of the heart and the eye is like daybreak in the desert; from the spring of the sun, rivers of light flow out.

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Related words

PERSIAN

Yasmin

Jasmine, a delicate white flower prized for its sweet fragrance.

PERSIAN

Nasreen

A kind of wild white rose, the fragrant dog-rose of Persian gardens.

PERSIAN

Sosan

The lily or iris, a garden flower whose blade-like petals are compared to a tongue.

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