ایک آرزو
گل کی کلی چٹک کر پیغام دے کسی کاساغر ذرا سا گویا مجھ کو جہاں نما ہو
English translation
The flower bud bursting may give God's message to me; showing the whole world to me this small wine-cup may be.
(The flower bud bursting: This metaphor refers to the wine-cup of Jamshaid, a Persian king, who could see the whole world in it. This is one of the innumerable messages in `Allamah Iqbal's works through which he requires his readers to comprehend and enjoy the creative artistry of God.)
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 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.
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