Persian · adjective · Nature & the Garden
Sang-lakh
संगलाख़
said sang-LAAKH
also written: sanglakh, sang-laakh
Meaning
Stony, rocky; (as noun) a stony, hard tract of ground.
Literally: stone-strewn
See it in the verse
Sang-lakh in Iqbal’s couplets
Jahan-e-taza ki afkar-e-taza se hai numood
Ki sang-o-khisht se hote nahin jahan paida
Ki sang-o-khisht se hote nahin jahan paida
A new world comes into being from new thoughts — for worlds are not built out of stone and brick.
Action · Aspiration · Awakening
Wahi jahan hai tera jis ko tu kare paida
Ye sang-o-khisht nahin jo teri nigah mein hai
Ye sang-o-khisht nahin jo teri nigah mein hai
Yours alone is the world you yourself create; not this one of stone and brick that lies before your eyes.
Selfhood · Action · Aspiration