Persian · noun, masculine · The Tavern & the Cup

Sharaab-khaana

शराबख़ाना

said sha-raab-khaa-na

also written: Sharabkhana

Meaning

A wine-house or tavern; the place where wine is served and drunk.

Literally: house of wine

How Iqbal uses it

A synonym for the tavern of the ghazal world, the sharab-khana is the gathering-place of lovers and rinds. In the symbolic register it stands opposite the mosque as the home of true, unhypocritical devotion.

See it in the verse

Sharaab-khaana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein

Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.

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Related words

PERSIAN

Maikhaana

The tavern or wine-house; in Sufi symbolism, the place of mystical gathering and divine intoxication, set against the mosque and seminary.

PERSIAN

Kharaabaat

The tavern or wine-quarter, literally 'the ruins'; in Sufi poetry the place of self-annihilation where the wine of divine love is served.

PERSIAN

Khumkhaana

A wine-cellar or tavern where the vats are kept; a poetic name for the house of mystical wine.

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