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Saro-e-Rawan

सर्व-ए-रवाँ
said SARV-e-ra-VAAN
also written: sarv-e-rawan, walking cypress
Meaning

The 'walking cypress'; a poetic name for the beloved, whose graceful gait moves like a cypress come to life.

Literally: moving cypress

See it in the verse

Saro-e-Rawan 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

Sarw

The cypress; its tall, upright form is the classic figure for the beloved's graceful, erect stature.

ARABIC

Qadd

Stature; the height of the body.

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