شمع
صبح ازل جو حسن ہوا دلستان عشقآواز 'کن' ہوئی تپش آموز جان عشق
English translation
At creation's dawn as Beauty became the abode of Love; the sound of ‘Kun’* taught warmth to the spirit of Love.
* God created the whole universe by just one command of Kun.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
دلستان عشق: عشق کا دل لینے والا۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 14 of 29 in “شمع” (The Candle) 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 poem۱۴ / ۲۹