درد عشق
اے درد عشق! ہے گہر آب دار تونامحرموں میں دیکھ نہ ہو آشکار تو
English translation
O Pathos of Love! You are a glossy pearl. Beware; you should not appear among strangers.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
Word meanings
گہر آب دار: چمکدار موتی۔
About this couplet
This is couplet 1 of 13 in “درد عشق” (Pathos Of Love) 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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