ابلیس کی مجلس شوری
میں نے دکھلیا فرنگی کو ملوکیت کا خوابمیں نے توڑا مسجد و دیر و کلیسا کا فسوں
English translation
To Europe I gave the kingship’s dream, I broke the spell of church and mosque’s team.
Translated by Q.A. Kabir
Word meanings
فسوں: جادو۔ملوکيت: بادشاہت۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 of 64 in “ابلیس کی مجلس شوری” (The Satan’s Advisory Council) in the section Beginning, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Armaghan-e-Hijaz (ارمغانِ حجاز), published in 1938.
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