حکایت درین معنی
شیر نر را میش کردن ممکن استغافلش از خویش کردن ممکن است
English translation
But to make the furious tiger a sheep – that is possible: To make him unmindful of his nature – that is possible.
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
Urdu translation
البتہ شیر نر کو بھیڑ بنایا جا سکتا ہے اور اسے اپنے آپ سے غافل کرنا ممکن ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 17 of 47 in “حکایت درین معنی” (A tale illustrating this concept.), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Asrar-e-Khudi (اسرارِ خودی), published in 1915.
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