شمع
ہو شمع بزم عیش کہ شمع مزار توہر حال اشک غم سے رہی ہمکنار تو
English translation
Whether you be the candle of a celebrating assembly or one at the grave; in every condition associated with the tears of sorrow you remain.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 3 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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