آفتاب
اے آفتاب! روح و روان جہاں ہے توشیرازہ بند دفتر کون و مکاں ہے تو
English translation
O Sun! The world's essence and motivator you are; the organizer of the book of the world you are.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
شیرازہ بند: انتظام و انصرام کرنے والے۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 10 in “آفتاب” (The Sun) 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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