Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Taale-e-Bedaar
ताले-ए-बेदार
said taa-le-e-be-daar
Meaning
A waking, alert fortune; good luck that is active and favourable.
Literally: wakeful fortune
How Iqbal uses it
Awakened fortune answers in Iqbal to the awakened self; luck favours the wakeful and striving soul, not the one asleep in its destiny.
See it in the verse
Taale-e-Bedaar in Iqbal’s couplets
Uqabi rooh jab bedar hoti hai jawanon mein
Nazar aati hai un ko apni manzil aasmanon mein
Nazar aati hai un ko apni manzil aasmanon mein
When the eagle's spirit awakens in the young, they begin to see their destination up among the skies.
Youth · The Falcon · Awakening
Mohabbat hi se payi hai shifa beemar qaumon ne
Kiya hai apne bakht-e-khufta ko bedar qaumon ne
Kiya hai apne bakht-e-khufta ko bedar qaumon ne
It is by love that ailing peoples have found their cure — by love that peoples have woken their sleeping fortune.
Love · Unity · Hope