درد عشق
خالی شراب عشق سے لالے کا جام ہوپانی کی بوند گریہء شبنم کا نام ہو
English translation
The tulip's wine-cup should be devoid of wine. The dew's tear should be a mere drop of water.
Translated by Dr M.A.K. Khalil
About this couplet
This is couplet 5 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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