حکایت الماس و زغال

خوار گشتی از وجود خام خویشسوختی از نرمی اندام خویش

English translation

Because thy being is immature, thou hast become abased; because thy body is soft, thou art burnt.

Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson

Urdu translation

تو اپنے خام وجود کے باعث ذلیل و خوار ہوا ہے؛ اور اپنے بدن کی نرمی کے سبب جلتا ہے۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 15 of 20 in “⁨حکایت الماس و زغال⁩” (Story Of The Diamond And The Coal), from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Persian book Asrar-e-Khudi (⁨اسرارِ خودی⁩), published in 1915.

Read it in the poem

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