Sosan
The lily or iris, a garden flower whose blade-like petals are compared to a tongue.
Literally: lily
The sosan is the lily, whose many petals are imagined as many tongues — yet the convention is that the 'ten-tongued lily' stays silent, so it stands paradoxically for eloquence held in check, the speaker who could praise but keeps quiet. It is an emblem of discreet, wordless presence in the garden. Iqbal draws on this silence-amid-tongues to point at speech that knows when not to speak, restraint as a kind of higher eloquence.
Sunbul
The hyacinth, a fragrant flower whose dark, curling tresses are likened to the beloved's hair.
Yasmin
Jasmine, a delicate white flower prized for its sweet fragrance.
Nasreen
A kind of wild white rose, the fragrant dog-rose of Persian gardens.
Nargis
The narcissus — a flower whose bloom resembles an eye.
Gul
Rose; flower.