گدائی
تاج پہنایا ہے کس کی بے کلاہی نے اسےکس کی عریانی نے بخشی ہے اسے زریں قبا
English translation
How many go bare-headed to deck him with a crown? How many go naked to supply his golden gown?
Translated by Naim Siddiqui
Word meanings
بے کلاہي: ننگے سر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 2 of 5 in “گدائی” (Mendicancy) in the section Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bal-e-Jibril (بالِ جبریل), published in 1935.
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