حکایت درین معنی
اقتدار و عزم و استقلال رفتاعتبار و عزت و اقبال رفت
English translation
They lost the power of ruling and the resolution to be independent; they lost reputation, prestige, and fortune.
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
Urdu translation
اقتدار، عزم، استقلال، اعتبار عزت اور اقبال جاتے رہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 43 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.
Read it in the poem۴۳ / ۴۷