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Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Umr-e-raftah

उम्र-ए-रफ़्ता
Meaning

The life that has passed; the years already gone by, spent and irrecoverable.

Literally: departed life

See it in the verse

Umr-e-raftah in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ke saaz mein hai umr-e-javidan ka suragh
Khudi ke soz se roshan hain ummaton ke charagh
Within the music of selfhood lies the trace of an everlasting life — and it is by the burning of selfhood that the lamps of whole peoples are lit.
Selfhood · Leadership · Hope
Related words
ARABIC

Umr

Lifespan, the length of one's life; age.

PERSIAN

Guzashta

Past, bygone, elapsed; that which has already gone by.

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