آفتاب صبح
شوق آزادی کے دنیا میں نہ نکلے حوصلےزندگی بھر قید زنجیر تعلق میں رہے
English translation
The desires for freedom were not fulfilled in this life
We remained imprisoned in chains of dependence all life
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 7 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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