ہمالہ
کانپتا پھرتا ہے کیا رنگ شفق کہسار پرخوشنما لگتا ہے یہ غازہ ترے رخسار پر
English translation
That dusk's beauty which shivers along the mountain range; very beautiful looks this rouge on your cheeks.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
غازہ: چہرے پر استعمال کا پوڈر۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 21 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 poem۲۱ / ۲۴