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Gul-Rukh

गुल-रुख़
said gul-rukh
Meaning

Rose-faced; having a face fresh and lovely as a rose.

Literally: rose-faced

How Iqbal uses it

Gul-rukh sets the rose against the cheek, the open bloom as the type of the beloved's fresh and colourful face.

See it in the verse

Gul-Rukh 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.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Rukh

The face or cheek; also, direction or aspect.

PERSIAN

Gul

Rose; flower.

PERSIAN

Gul-andaam

One with a body delicate as a flower; a graceful beauty.

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