در حقیقت شعر و اصلاح ادبیات اسلامیہ
خضر و در ظلمات او آب حیاتزندہ تر از آب چشمش کائنات
English translation
He is a Khizr, and amidst his darkness is the Fountain of Life: All things that exist are made more living by his tears.
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
Urdu translation
خضر کی مانند شاعر کے ظلمات میں آب حیات ہے؛ اس کے آنسو کائنات کو زندہ تر کر دیتا ہے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 16 of 70 in “در حقیقت شعر و اصلاح ادبیات اسلامیہ” (The True Nature Of Poetry And Reform Of Islamic Literature), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Asrar-e-Khudi (اسرارِ خودی), published in 1915.
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