ماں کا خواب
وہ پیچھے تھا اور تیز چلتا نہ تھادیا اس کے ہاتھوں میں جلتا نہ تھا
English translation
He was walking at the back, and was not walking fast. The lamp he had in his hand was not lighted.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 8 of 15 in “ماں کا خواب” (A Mother's Dream) 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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