Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Aahu

आहू
said AA-hoo
Meaning

A deer, gazelle, or antelope.

Usage & notes

The aahu, swift and timid, especially the musk-deer that carries fragrance it seeks abroad, is a Persian emblem of the soul that hunts outside for what it bears within; its grace and its flight from the hunter recur in ghazal longing.