باغی مرید
میراث میں آئی ہے انھیں مسند ارشادزاغوں کے تصرف میں عقابوں کے نشیمن
English translation
The pontifical throne is theirs by descent; the eagles’ abodes are in the possession of crows.
(Translate by V G Kiernan)
Word meanings
زاغ: کوا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 4 in “باغی مرید” (The Rebellious Disciple) in the section Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bal-e-Jibril (بالِ جبریل), published in 1935.
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