پر ندے کی فر یاد
آتا ہے یاد مجھ کو گزرا ہوا زماناوہ باغ کی بہاریں وہ سب کا چہچہانا
English translation
I am constantly reminded of the bygone times, those garden's springs, those chorus of chimes.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 11 in “پر ندے کی فر یاد” (The Bird's Complaint) 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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