Meaning
The face or cheek; also, direction or aspect.
Literally: face, cheek
Usage & notes
Rukh is the beloved's face — the luminous countenance the lover lives to behold, often set as bright day against the night of the dark tresses (zulf). It is beauty's center, the source of the light the whole poem orbits. In mystical reading the radiant rukh is the face of the Real, the self-disclosure of the Beloved that the dark veil of the world both hides and frames.
Related words
PERSIAN
Chehra
The face; the countenance.
ARABIC
Aariz
The cheek.
PERSIAN
Rukhsaar
The cheek; the face.
PERSIAN
Zulf
A lock or tress of hair; the curling hair of the beloved.
PERSIAN
Deedar
The sight or vision of the beloved's face; the blessing of beholding the loved one.
ARABIC
Jamal
Beauty, grace, splendor; the divine or human beauty that draws the lover's gaze.