Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Surkh-gul

सुर्ख़-गुल
said surkh-GUL
Meaning

The red rose.

Literally: red flower

How Iqbal uses it

The red rose, queen of the garden and object of the nightingale's love, is the standing emblem of beauty bought with blood and of the beloved; its colour ties it to Iqbal's web of red imagery, tulip, twilight, and the ardent heart.