شمع
مضموں فراق کا ہوں، ثریا نشاں ہوں میںآہنگ طبع ناظم کون و مکاں ہوں میں
English translation
Theme of separation I am, the exalted one I am. Design of the Will of the Universe’s Lord I am.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
آہنگ: آواز۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 21 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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