عہد طفلی
پوچھنا رہ رہ کے اس کے کوہ و صحرا کی خبراور وہ حیرت دروغ مصلحت آمیز پر
English translation
I would ask repeatedly about its mountains and plains and how surprised would I be at that prudent lie.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
دروغ مصلحت آمیز: اچھا نتیجہ پیدا کرنے والا جھوٹ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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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