Word Meaning
बे-रवी
be-ravī
Meaning
Absence of the beloved's face, or the beloved's indifference and estrangement.
Detailed Meaning
In this verse, the expression signifies being deprived of the radiant face of the beloved, paired alongside her dark tresses, driving the lover to endless lamentation. It represents the utter gloom of separation where the inability to behold the beloved forces the poet to weep day and night behind his sleeve. It functions as a textual or phonetic variant of 'be-rū-e' (without the face) or 'be-rū'ī' (cold indifference).
Etymology
Persian compound composed of 'be-' (without) and 'rū' (face/countenance), expressing deprivation of the beloved's sight or cold detachment.
Usage
Employed in classical Urdu poetry to depict the desolate state of separation when the lover is denied the sight of the beloved's face.
Examples
Deprivation of your countenance has stolen all my peace.
Morning and evening pass in the misery of your estrangement.