آفتاب صبح
ڈھونڈتی ہیں جس کو آنکھیں وہ تماشا چاہیےچشم باطن جس سے کھل جائے وہ جلوا چاہیے
English translation
The spectacle which the eyes seek is desired
The effulgence which would open the insight is desired
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 6 of 21 in “آفتاب صبح” (Morning Sun) 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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