رہا نہ حلقہ صوفی میں سوز مشتاقی
خراب کوشک سلطان و خانقاہ فقیرفغاں کہ تخت و مصلی کمال زراقی
English translation
Alas! The throne as well as the mat, alike are full of guile and craft: Both royal hall and Holy Shrine have lost their essence fine.
Translated by Syed Akbar Ali Shah
Word meanings
زراقي: مکر و فن۔کوشک: محل، دربار۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 7 in “رہا نہ حلقہ صوفی میں سوز مشتاقی” (Raha na halqa-e-sufi mein soz-e-mushtaqi) 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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