ہمالہ
مطلع اول فلک جس کا ہو وہ دیواں ہے توسوئے خلوت گاہ دل دامن کش انساں ہے تو
English translation
You are the diwan whose opening verse is the sky. You lead Man to the solitudes of his heart's retreat.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
دامن کش: دامن کھینچنے والا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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 poem۵ / ۲۴