دعا
پاس اگر تو نہیں، شہر ہے ویراں تمامتو ہے تو آباد ہیں اجڑے ہوئے کاخ و کو
English translation
Without You town appears devoid of life, when present, same town appears astir with strife.
Translated by Naim Siddiqui
Word meanings
کاخ و کو: گلیاں اور محل۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 7 of 11 in “دعا” (Prayer) in the section Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bal-e-Jibril (بالِ جبریل), published in 1935.
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