آفتاب

وہ آفتاب جس سے زمانے میں نور ہےدل ہے، خرد ہے، روح رواں ہے، شعور ہے

English translation

You are the sun which establishes light in the world, which establishes heart, intellect, essence and wisdom.

Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil

Word meanings

خرد: عقل۔

About this couplet

This is couplet 5 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.

Read it in the poem

۵ / ۱۰