مسجد تو بنا دی شب بھر میں ایماں کی حرارت والوں نے
اقبال بڑا اپدیشک ہے من باتوں میں موہ لیتا ہےگفتارکا یہ غازی تو بنا،کردار کا غازی بن نہ سکا
English translation
Iqbal is a good advisor, fascinates the heart in moments; he did become hero in talk, but one in deeds he could not be.
This marks the end of poetic works chosen from Bang-e-Dara, wherein Iqbal focused more in expressing his grief and pain, with only passing remarks about causes and remedies. This changed markedly with the passage of time.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
اپديشک: اچھا واعظ۔ اچھا مشیر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 4 in “مسجد تو بنا دی شب بھر میں ایماں کی حرارت والوں نے” (Sajde to bana diye shab bhar mein imaan ki hararat walon ne) in the section Humorous Poems, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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