گل رنگیں
ناتوانی ہی مری سرمایہ قوت نہ ہورشک جام جم مرا آ ینہ حیرت نہ ہو
English translation
This very frailty of mine the means of strength could be; this mirror of mine envy of the cup of Jam* could be.
* This is the legendary cup of the Persian emperor Jam in which he could see whatever he wanted to see wherever he wanted to see.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
جام جم: جمشید بادشاہ کا پیالہ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 11 of 12 in “گل رنگیں” (The Colorful Rose) in the section Part 1 -- Before 1905, from Allama Muhammad Iqbal's Urdu book Bang-e-Dara (بانگِ درا), published in 1924.
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