شمع
یہ حکم تھا کہ گلشن 'کن' کی بہار دیکھایک آنکھ لے کے خواب پریشاں ہزار دیکھ
English translation
The command came Beauty of Kun's garden to witness; with one eye a thousand dreadful dreams to witness.*
* This alludes to the time of creation of Man. At this time Man was endowed with Khudâ which elevated his status as well as burdened him with myriad of responsibilities.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 15 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.
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