ایک آرزو
مہندی لگائے سورج جب شام کی دلھن کوسرخی لیے سنہری ہر پھول کی قبا ہو
English translation
When the sun apply myrtle to the evening's bride; the tunic of every flower may pinkish golden be.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 13 of 20 in “ایک آرزو” (A Desire) 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 poem۱۳ / ۲۰