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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Gul-e-Yakh

गुल-ए-यख़

said gul-e-YAKH

also written: gul-e-yakh, winter rose, ice flower

Meaning

The wintersweet or 'ice flower'; a fragrant bloom that opens in the cold, defying the frost.

Literally: ice flower

See it in the verse

Gul-e-Yakh in Iqbal’s couplets

Safina-e-barg-e-gul bana lega qafila mor-e-na-tawan ka
Hazar maujon ki ho kashakash magar ye dariya se par hoga

The caravan of feeble ants will make a boat of a rose petal; though a thousand waves clash against it, this boat will cross the river.

Hope · Courage · Unity

Related words

Gul

Rose; flower.

Khizan

Autumn; the season of withering and fall.

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