شمع و پروانہ
آزار موت میں اسے آرام جاں ہے کیا؟شعلے میں تیرے زندگی جاوداں ہے کیا؟
English translation
Do the woes of death give it the peace of life? Does your flame possess the quality of eternal life?
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
آزار موت: مرنے کا دکھ۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 4 of 8 in “شمع و پروانہ” (The Candle And The Moth) 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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