Meaning
Fruit, the ripened yield of a tree; figuratively the result or reward of effort.
How Iqbal uses it
Samar is the fruit that crowns growth, the harvest of labour and the proof that the seed and season did their work. Iqbal uses it for the fulfilment that follows striving, the tangible result of a life rightly lived.
See it in the verse
Samar in Iqbal’s couplets
Main shakh-e-taak hun meri ghazal hai mera samar
Mire samar se mai-e-laala-faam paida kar
Mire samar se mai-e-laala-faam paida kar
I am the vine-branch; my ghazal is my fruit — from my fruit, press out the rose-red wine.
Aspiration · Action · Youth
Main shakh-e-tak hun meri ghazal hai mera samar
Mere samar se mai-e-lala-fam paida kar
Mere samar se mai-e-lala-fam paida kar
I am a branch of the vine, my song is my fruit; from that fruit press out the tulip-red wine.
Action · Aspiration · Youth
Related words
ARABIC
Thamar
Fruit or produce, a variant of samar denoting the yield of a tree or of effort.
PERSIAN
Daana
A grain or seed, a single kernel of corn; also the bait scattered for birds.
PERSIAN
Barg-o-Baar
Leaves and fruit, the foliage and yield of a tree taken together.
PERSIAN
Shaakh
A branch or bough of a tree, the limb that bears leaf and blossom.