تازہ پھر دانش حاضر نے کیا سحر قدیم

تازہ پھر دانش حاضر نے کیا سحر قدیمگزر اس عہد میں ممکن نہیں بے چوب کلیم

English translation

The magic old to life is brought by means of present science and thought: The path of life cannot be trod without the aid of Moses’ Rod.

Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah

About this couplet

This is couplet 1 of 5 in “⁨تازہ پھر دانش حاضر نے کیا سحر قدیم⁩” (Taaza phir danish-e-haazir ne kiya sehar-e-qadeem) in the section Odes Part-II, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bal-e-Jibril (⁨بالِ جبریل⁩), published in 1935.

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