عہد طفلی
تھے دیار نو زمین و آسماں میرے لیےوسعت آغوش مادر اک جہاں میرے لیے
English translation
The earth and sky were unknown worlds to me; only the expanse of mother's bosom was a world to me.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
دیار نو: نیا شہر۔آغوش مادر: ماں کی گود۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 6 in “عہد طفلی” (The Age Of Infancy) 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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