بڈھے بلوچ کی نصیحت بیٹے کو
محروم رہا دولت دریا سے وہ غواصکرتا نہیں جو صحبت ساحل سے کنارا
English translation
That diver was robbed of wealth of sea, who was afraid to leave the shore with glee.
Translated by Q.A. Kabir
Word meanings
غواص: غوطہ خور۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 of 11 in “بڈھے بلوچ کی نصیحت بیٹے کو” (An Advice Of Old Baluch To His Son) in the section Beginning, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Armaghan-e-Hijaz (ارمغانِ حجاز), published in 1938.
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