حکایت درین معنی
پنجہ ہای آہنین بے زور شدمردہ شد دلہا و تنہا گور شد
English translation
Their paws that were as iron became strengthless; their souls died and their bodies became tombs.
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
Urdu translation
ان کے فولادی پنجے کمزور پڑ گئے ؛ دل مر گئے اور بدن قبریں بن گئے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 44 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 poem۴۴ / ۴۷