در حقیقت شعر و اصلاح ادبیات اسلامیہ

خستہ و ما از کلامش خستہ ترانجمن از دور جامش خستہ تر

English translation

He is sick, and by his words our sickness is increased; the more his cup goes round, the more sick are they that quaff it.

Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson

Urdu translation

اس کے کلام سے بیمار اور زیادہ بیمار ہو جاتا ہے ؛ اس کا جام انجمن کو اور افسردہ کر دیتا ہے۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 35 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.

Read it in the poem

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