Persian · phrase · Love & Longing
Tar-e-Daaman
तार-ए-दामन
said taar-e-daa-man
also written: tar e daaman, tare daaman, taar-e-daman
Meaning
The thread of the hem; the fibre of the garment's skirt, a figure for the lover clinging to the beloved's robe.
Literally: tar (thread) + daaman (hem, skirt)
See it in the verse
Tar-e-Daaman in Iqbal’s couplets
Tu bacha bacha ke na rakh ise tera aaina hai wo aaina
ke shikasta ho to aziz-tar hai nigah-e-aaina-saaz mein
ke shikasta ho to aziz-tar hai nigah-e-aaina-saaz mein
Do not keep your mirror anxiously protected — yours is the kind of mirror that, even when shattered, is dearer in the eyes of its maker.
Courage · Selfhood · Adversity
Har shai musafir har cheez raahi
Kya chand tare kya murgh o maahi
Kya chand tare kya murgh o maahi
Every thing is a traveller, every object a wayfarer — whether the moon and stars, or the birds and the fish.
Restlessness · Action · Unity
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