ہمالہ
وہ خموشی شام کی جس پر تکلم ہو فداوہ درختوں پر تفکر کا سماں چھایا ہوا
English translation
That silence of the night whose beauty surpasses speech. That state of silent meditation overshadowing the trees.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
تکلم: گفتگو۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 20 of 24 in “ہمالہ” (Himalaya) in the section Part 1 -- Before 1905, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
Read it in the poem۲۰ / ۲۴