Urdu · noun · Nature & the Garden
Sitaaron-bhari-raat
सितारों-भरी-रात
said si-TAA-ron-bha-ree-RAAT
Meaning
A star-filled night; a starry night.
How Iqbal uses it
The night sown with stars is the vast canopy under which Iqbal sets his cosmic meditations; the wheeling stars become at once an image of order and of the immense distances against which the self measures, and asserts, its significance.
See it in the verse
Sitaaron-bhari-raat in Iqbal’s couplets
Sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain
Abhi ishq ke imtihan aur bhi hain
Abhi ishq ke imtihan aur bhi hain
Beyond the stars there are worlds yet — there are still more trials of love to come.
Aspiration · Love · Restlessness
Mohabbat mujhe un jawanon se hai
Sitaron pe jo dalte hain kamand
Sitaron pe jo dalte hain kamand
My love is for those young ones who cast their lasso upon the stars.
Youth · Aspiration
Dhoondne wala sitaron ki guzargahon ka
Apne afkaar ki duniya mein safar kar na saka
Apne afkaar ki duniya mein safar kar na saka
He who charts the very pathways of the stars could not journey through the world of his own thoughts.
Self-Knowledge · Selfhood